Five Minds for the Future
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Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner, Recorded Books, 2008. (CD book)
It is critical in today’s ever-changing world to develop the skills and “minds” necessary to get the most out of the information around you. Gardner covers the five mental abilities (i.e. minds) necessary to succeed to your fullest potential. These multiple intelligences allow you to understand what is happening and the potential consequences of the actions. This book will show how to train your brain to grasp these five minds. These minds are disciplining, synthesizing, creating, respectful and ethical. These minds allow you to see every opportunity from multiple viewpoints and help you discern the best way to proceed to get the most from the circumstances.
Using these values developed by training your brain to see different viewpoints will allow you to “think out of the box” when dealing with situations. You will use the disciplined mind to view things from a mathematical or historical viewpoint, the synthesizing mind to try different combinations or potential answers and to see the best one for this situation and the creative mind to foresee new possibilities as the answer.
The last two other minds are more character based and cover the attitudes and ethics of the approaches. The respectful mind takes advantage of the diversity of the cultures and knowledge around you and the ethical mind takes into consideration the effects of the outcome on others as well as on you. Are you operating from a place that values all equally or sets others up for failure so that you can succeed?
When you develop these minds and utilize these newfound skills you will be better able to create the path you want to follow.
