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To take all these to the next level as promised in my previous post, here’s the first of the reviews in which popular books would be analysed in detail. “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” would make a great start as it is one of the popular books that have changed the lives of many people across the globe. In this post, I am going to talk about the first part of the book which prepares the readers for the things that are to come. It’s going be an interesting journey for you as well as for me to analyse this book part by part from now on. I hope all of you would enjoy this post as much as I did while writing and publishing it!

“Anticipate change”. 

“Deal with the change”.

“Adapt and move on”.

 After stating these, if somebody says that these are the secret ingredients to handle changes in life, then he would probably not be taken seriously. We as human beings dwell upon mediums like stories to learn things and incorporate them into our systems. (The importance of stories was discussed here earlier when Chimero’s Shape of Design was reviewed a few weeks back). They have been a part of the way we share our experiences and express ourselves since the times we inhabited the caves and hunted around in the wild. 

Can a book have a more philosophical title than this?

At the first glance, this book seemed to be a philosophical sermon of some sort. But, as I started reading it I came to know about how this book is a separate genre by itself. People at the bookstores would have had a tough time in categorizing it on their shelves.

Is it a memoir? It is a book on psychiatry? Or is it just a section of a history book? Don’t judge a book by its cover they say and this is quite true with this book.       

There are only a few books that I have come across whose contents stand up to justify their alluring titles. “The Shapes of Design” is one such book that goes beyond just doing what it is meant to do! 

A few years back I got to read some random pages of Edward De Bono’s “How to have a beautiful mind” and “Lateral Thinking“ . Since then I had a curiosity about his ideas and wanted to read one of his books from cover to cover.  I simply wanted to  go for  “ Think Before Its  too late”  because I could relate it to my procrastination towards reading his books and I thought to myself  “Read it Before it’s too late” !    

Are you one of those bibliophiles who have an appetite for applied neuroscience and cognition without getting intimidated by the technical complexities of the subject?