Wh at is a surprise is that the basic methods for
thinking more clearly, more innovatively, more eff ectively
are fundamentally the same in all areas of
life— in school, in business, in the arts, in personal
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life, in sports, in everything. Th e other surprise is that
those methods of eff ective thinking can be described,
taught, and learned. Th ey are not inborn gifts of a special
few. Th ey are not so esoteric that only geniuses can
master them. All of us can learn them and use them,
and that is what this book is about.