A Whack onthe side of the head


A WHACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD : How You Can Be More Creative (Paperback) by von Oech

"This book is a life changer. I'm basically a creative visionary. But I get stuck. Read this book and do the exercises if you want to get unstuck!!"

"This is a book to enjoy, to use, to recommend to everyone... In a way its Heraclitus for the 21st century mixed with some de Bono.. Do not get me wrong, there is a unique creation of Dr. Von Oech in here, a profound questioning of our creative muscles and a very practical way to use the.. simple yet not simplistic..humorous yet profound"

More reviews at Amazon where it is selling from $6.86

Ten Ways

From the Fast Company blog

...Getty Images has an interesting project in which they worked with five collaborators to consider 10 Ways -- how 10 different approaches to photography can change how you look at images.

As I explored the different elements, which include light, information, memory, space, response, emotion, color, truth, time, and transformation, I was struck by how each of them can also have impact on how we do what we do, with whom, and why.

When you have some time, consider clicking through the 10 Ways yourself. And think about how each plays a role in your work -- and in your business. Which one do you think is most important?

World eBook fair

Please visit us here from July 4th-August 4, 2006 to download your selections from 1/3 million free eBooks.

Welcome to the future home of the World eBook Fair, soon to be the largest showcase for eBooks, eBook publishers, editors, and others working in the new world of eBooks.

July 4th to August 4, 2006 marks a month long celebration of the 35th anniversary of the first step taken towards today's eBooks, when the United States Declaration of Independence was the first file placed online for downloading in what was destined to be an electronic library of the Internet.

Today's eBook library has a total of over 100 languages represented.The World eBook Fair welcomes you to absolutely free access to a variety of eBook unparalleled by any other source. 1/3 million eBooks await you, all free of charge for the month from July 4 - August 4, 2006, and then 1/2 million eBooks in 2007, 3/4 million in 2008, and ONE million in 2009.

Ten times as many eBooks are available from private eBook sources, without the media circus that comes with 100 billion dollar media mavens such as Google. The World eBook Fair has created a library of wide ranging sample of these eBooks, totaling 1/3 million.

Here are eBooks from nearly every classic author on the varieties of subjects previously only available through the largest library collections in the world. Now these books are yours for the taking, free of charge, to keep for the rest of your lives.

This event is brought to you by the oldest and largest free eBook source on the Internet, Project Gutenberg, with the assistance of the World eBook Library, the providers of the largest collection, and a number of other eBook efforts around the world.

The World eBook Library normally charges $8.95 per year for online access, and allows unlimited permanent downloading. During The World eBook Fair all these books are available free of charge through a gateway at http://www.gutenberg.org

Ancestry.com Digitizes Entire U.S. Federal Census Collection From 1790-1930

Near Decade-Long Process Makes Available More Than 540 Million Individual Stories at the Click of a Mouse

Ancestry.com, the world's largest online family history source, today announced it has completed digitizing and indexing the entire U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930.

Ancestry.com is the only source where all publicly released census information can be found online Read on …

Gone fishing

When you think about success, do you think about more than money?

-Time to De-Stress-Enjoying family & friends-Relaxation with a good book44,000,000 Americans say they get all of this from fishing.

Bob Rich talks to some of the most successful people, celebrities and even a former US President.. and tells their inspirational stories in:"The Fishing Club"

If you like outdoor recreation, spending time with those most important people, or just a really good story about people who do... you will want to take a look at this http://BookBonuses.com/fish

14 inspirational stories, all in a book at a special price.

Best of all... ALL of the author's proceeds go to charity.

Take a look right now while you can receive $537 in bonus gifts and downloads just for ordering a copy. http://BookBonuses.com/fish

This is a good cause, a great book, even if you don't fish much.

Creating Your Goals: stop making excuses

There is little question that goal location works, at least among successful or soon-to-be-successful people.

And once you learn how to power up your goals with the necessary strategies, you can create a level of achievement and control over your life that at this point may be beyond your imagination.

In fact, you can become so good at generating goals that it will be necessary for you to be careful what you plan or ask for because you will most confidently experience it.

Goal setting is as important to the successful operation of your life as eating or sleeping. The only difference is that your life won’t end if you don’t set goals. However, without goals directing your life, you will miss out on much of your possible for experiencing the positive emotions of excitement, aliveness, enthusiasm, joy, and even happiness.

Without goals, you can end up living from problem to problem instead of from opportunity to opportunity. Setting goals will steer you toward opportunities while enabling you to overcome the obstacles and split through the barriers necessary for their achievement. Running your life without goals is about as effective as attempting to drive your car from the passenger’s seat.

To be effective in the goal-setting process, you must go far beyond the usual ideas of how to set goals.

Forget Excuses And Start Making Choices!

“I set goals but they just don’t seem to happen.”

“I’m really not sure what I’m after.”

“I don’t have time to set goals. I’m too busy.”“I don’t set goals so I won’t be disappointed.”

The winning choice is clear: develop your goals, drop your expectations...

Read on ...

think your office is a zoo? Companies go pet friendly

Millions of Americans believe pets on the job lower absenteeism and encourage workers to get along, according to the survey by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association.Pets at Tellme, an Internet telecommunications company, help workers become friends, said Grant Shirk, whose dog Penny is learning Chinese commands from a colleague. Read on ...

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Ergonomics

CUErgo presents information from research studies and class work by students and faculty in the Cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics Research Group (CHFERG), directed by Professor Alan Hedge, in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University.

CHFERG focuses on ways to enhance usability by improving the ergonomic design of hardware, software, and workplaces, to enhance people's comfort, performance and health in an approach we call Ergotecture. We recognize that this is also as an important component of the Department's Ecotecture sustainable design approach.

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Short term memory test

The average person's short-term memory can hold about 7 pieces of information. This test will help determine your limit. Once you have determined the capacity of your short-term memory, try to improve it by using our memory exercises. You can keep taking the test to see how well you are improving.

memory, self improvement