Description
How often have you said,
"If only I'd done..." or
"I should have..." or
"Why didn't I say?..."
In essence, how often have you said,
"Why didn't I think of that?"
If you are like most people, you've undoubtedly said it any number of times. Critical thinking. proactive decision-making, and dynamic creativity are thinking skills essential to success in our professional and personal endeavors. Few of us, however, know how to maximize these skills at critical moments.
In Why Didn't I Think of That? Charles McCoy, who honed his critical thinking techniques on the bench of the Los Angeles Superior Court, shows you how to sharpen your left-brain power observation, accuracy, and analysis-to achieve optimum results. McCoy creatively entertains as he teaches, offering insight gained from prominent cases over which he has presided. He draws examples from catastrophic events (Exxon Valdez oil spill, Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster), real business problems encountered by major corporations and government agencies (Pepsi, Citibank, the U.S. Marines, NASA), the civil rights struggles of Dr. Martin Luther King, as well as fictional events (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and It's a Wonderful Life).
McCoy has designed self-tests to help you develop progressively better judgment for balanced decision-making, and in each chapter challenges you to apply techniques for generating creative ideas and methods for making optimal choices. Within hours, you will learn to seize opportunities, capitalize on original ideas, recognize the significance of subtle, yet important events, protect against deception, and ultimately avoid having to say, "Why didn't I think of that?"
ISBN:9780735202573
