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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing, 1 Mar 2002
By A Customer
This book received some very favourable mentions in the press. Having read it, I can't see why. Although there are some interesting ideas here, there isn't anything very advanced, and it's a largely a rehash of old ideas. There are 21 lessons aimed at improving your "IQ" in six key areas. If you've never come across any of these ideas before, you might get something out of it - but I doubt if it will improve your IQ. It is also most annoyingly written. First, there are many examples of business-speak: how this technique turned this person's life or business around. Second, and most annoying of all, the author keeps on talking about "smarts": "improve your picture smarts" for "improving your visual IQ". It made me cringe.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Read!, 30 Jan 2004
Most people use only 10% of the power of their brain. Your thinking ability resides in six kinds of intelligence: verbal, visual, logical, creative, physical and emotional. Each one has a different function but, even setting aside the promises of the breathless title and subtitle, this book offers growth in each area with a simple and healthy collection of mental exercises. Author Jean Marie Stine states that you can develop your full intellectual capabilities as well as tap into that unused 90%. And, you probably want to, given her observation that people with highly developed skills in these areas are more likely to succeed than people without them. Therefore, she recommends that you read, look attentively at the world, learn to think in an orderly manner, be aware of body language and use all your abilities. Every chapter contains an inspiring yarn or two, and some beneficial exercises. So, we suggest, start reading and learn to think in a whole new way. Imagine what you could accomplish if you could harness 100% of your mental powers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Why Waste 90% of Your Brain Power?, 28 Sep 2005
A while ago, a friend strongly recommended this book, then purchased a copy and gave it to me as a gift. I placed it on a shelf in my study where it remained for almost a year. Frankly, the title (Super Brain Power) and subtitle (6 Keys to Unlocking Your Hidden Genius) seemed hyperbolic, as those of many other books are when devised to hype sales. For whatever reasons, I finally read it and then (with more curiosity than enthusiasm) began to complete the series of exercises during the prescribed 21-day period. Here are three conclusions of possible interest to those who read this review: 1. I have not as yet developed "super brain power." 2. Nor have I as yet unlocked my "hidden genius," 3. But I have strengthened significantly my verbal, visual, logical, creative, physical, and emotional skills. As is my custom while reading, I highlight key passages for future reference and reacquaintance. I plan to do so with this book while trying to apply more effectively the various strategies and tactics which Sine recommends. I share her high regard for Howard Gardner and Daniel Goleman and her appreciation of their breakthrough research on multiple intelligences and emotional intelligence, respectively. They and several of their publications are identified in the "Recommended Resources" section. Given the increasingly greater importance of innovation, many readers will be especially interested in what Stine has to say about "The Fourth Key" (Days 12-14) which may not unlock "creative genius" but can at least increase significantly one's "Creative IQ." I now presume to supplement her "Recommended Resources" list with Michael Michalko's Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius as well as Roger von Oech's A Whack on the Side of the Head, A Kick in the Seat of the Pants, and the most recently published Expect the Unexpected. As with so many other books of this nature, the benefits derived from this book will depend almost entirely on three factors: How important it is to you to strengthen all or at least some of your verbal, visual, logical, creative, physical, and emotional skills; next, how conscientiously you complete the 21-day program; finally, how diligently you continue to strengthen various skills. Years ago, Henry Ford is reputed to have said "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." The choice really is yours. What will it be?
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