About this title: Harvard psychologist and MacArthur Fellow Howard Gardner utilizes the principles of cognitive science to theorize about the process of changing of one's mind, and which of seven factors (which he refers to as "levers") can bring this process about so that it causes an obvious, effective change in one's behavior. He illustrates this theory using examples from the lives of leaders in politics, business, science, and the arts, as well as more personal instances from interactions between spouses, friends, and teachers and students.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Date Published: 2004-03-01
ISBN-13:9781578517091ISBN:1578517095
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Date Published: 3/1/2004
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781578517091ISBN:1578517095
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard Business School Pr
Date Published: 2006-09-30
ISBN-13:9781422103296ISBN:1422103293
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Date Published: 2006
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781578517091ISBN:1578517095
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "In this groundbreaking book, world-renowned Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner offers surprising insights on this fascinating puzzle-insights that could change the way we interact with others at work, at home, and in every aspect of our lives....Drawing on decades of cognitive research, Gardner identifies seven levers that aid or thwart the process of mind change, including reason, research, real-world events, and resistances. " This book has ... read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781578517091ISBN:1578517095
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "In this groundbreaking book, world-renowned Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner offers surprising insights on this fascinating puzzle-insights that could change the way we interact with others at work, at home, and in every aspect of our lives....Drawing on decades of cognitive research, Gardner identifies seven levers that aid or thwart the process of mind change, including reason, research, real-world events, and resistances. " This book has 244 ... read more
"Analysis of how people change their minds about something important and techniques available to change someone's mind. Hugely practical and well written by a great psychologist."
"- i like gardener, so enjoyed the book - good info for those of us out there who favor cognition/thoughts/mind as a dominant player (cognitive-minded; cognitive-oriented/orientation; CBT; Self-Leadership)"
"This book was extremely disappointing. Despite its subtitle, it really never talks much about the art and science of changing our own and other people's minds. A far more appropriate subtitle would be: Examples of Famous People Who Changed Their Minds With No Explanation For Why or How, and Some Other Stuff I Think Is Interesting
The first three chapters, apparently, explain how people change their minds. It makes a claim that mind change happens over time, not with sudden epiphanies, but give no evidence, cites no research, and never elaborates. The first chapter is about the "contents of the mind." Which basically means, we think about stuff. He spends most of this chapter talking about the 80/20 principle, with no other relevance other than this is something someone might change their mind about. The second chapter is about multiple intelligences, such as logical intelligence and emotional intelligence, which didn't seem very relevant to mind changing. The third chapter makes the obvious claim that children are more easily shaped than adults.
The rest of the book is a list of examples of people who've changed their minds. Though not useful, I found some of this interesting, and I guess that's what kept me reading. For example, there are interesting mini biographies of Charles Darwin, Margaret Thatcher, and Whittaker Chambers. But the last chapter annoyed me. He talks about George W. Bush as though everyone knows that he's a great leader who will save us from the evil terrorists. Perhaps if it were written three years later, it would talk about how Bush lied to us. And that's just the thing. This author writes as though the popular current understanding of world events are stone cold facts. He even talks about Saul of Tarsus as though it were historical fact, rather than a Biblical story. And in case the chapter couldn't get worse, he spends the rest of it talking about himself, basically saying he's never changed his mind much about anything. I guess he just wanted an opportunity to talk about himself.
He also has an annoying penchant for words that start with the same letters. His components of mind change, totally obvious but with no evidence to support it, is: reason, research, resonance, representational redescriptions, resources and rewards, real world events, and resistances. In the epilogue he talks about a completely unrelated thing he's interested in, called GoodWork, which is designated by three M's: mission models, and mirror test.
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