| Introduction |
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the three phases of mastery |
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the latent power within us all |
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evolution of the human brain |
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the ability to detach and focus |
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social intelligence of early hominids |
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working with the grain of the human brain |
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connecting to our early roots |
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Charles Darwin following his inclination |
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traits of all great Masters |
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our uniqueness and primal inclinations |
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political barriers to mastery crumbling |
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the concept of mastery denigrated |
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role of desire in mastery |
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the plasticity of the brain |
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overview of strategies and biographical figures in the book |
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I DISCOVER YOUR CALLING: THE LIFE'S TASK |
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21 | (4) |
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25 | (4) |
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Examples of Masters guided by a sense of destiny |
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the seed of your uniqueness |
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reconnecting with your inclinations |
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the quest for accomplishment |
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Strategies for Finding Your Life's Task |
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1 Return to your origins---The primal inclination strategy |
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30 | (2) |
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2 Occupy the perfect niche---The Darwinian strategy |
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32 | (4) |
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3 Avoid the false path---The rebellion strategy |
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36 | (2) |
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4 Let go of the past---The adaptation strategy |
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38 | (2) |
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5 Find your way back---The life-or-death strategy |
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40 | (7) |
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43 | (4) |
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II SUBMIT TO REALITY: THE IDEAL APPRENTICESHIP |
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49 | (5) |
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54 | (2) |
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The Ideal Apprenticeship defined |
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the goal of apprenticeship as self transformation |
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The Apprenticeship Phase---The Three Steps or Modes |
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Step One Deep Observation---The Passive Mode |
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56 | (2) |
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observe power relationships |
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interpretation of Charles Darwin story |
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Step Two Skills Acquisition---The Practice Mode |
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the apprenticeship system of the Middle Ages |
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the cycle of accelerated returns |
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the frontal cortex and learning tasks |
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the magical number of 10,000 hours |
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Step Three Experimentation---The Active Mode |
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Skill acquisition in the modern world |
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relevance of apprenticeship |
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Strategies for Completing The Ideal Apprenticeship |
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1 Value learning over money |
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65 | (3) |
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2 Keep expanding your horizons |
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68 | (3) |
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3 Revert to a feeling of inferiority |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (3) |
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5 Move toward resistance and pain |
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78 | (3) |
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6 Apprentice yourself in failure |
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81 | (3) |
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7 Combine the "how" and the "what" |
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84 | (3) |
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8 Advance through trial and error |
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87 | (6) |
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90 | (3) |
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III ABSORB THE MASTER'S POWER: THE MENTOR DYNAMIC |
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95 | (7) |
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102 | (6) |
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The importance of humility |
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interpretation of Michael Faraday story |
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the value of personal interaction |
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finding and attracting a mentor |
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famous figures or books as mentors |
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the mentor as father figure |
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Strategies for Deepening the Mentor Relationship |
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1 Choose the mentor according to your needs and inclinations |
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109 | (3) |
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2 Gaze deep into the mentor's mirror |
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112 | (4) |
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3 Transfigure their ideas |
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116 | (3) |
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4 Create a back-and-forth dynamic |
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119 | (66) |
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122 | (63) |
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IV SEE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE: SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE |
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127 | (6) |
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133 | (5) |
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Humans as the preeminent social animal |
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the Naive Perspective holding us back |
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interpretation of Benjamin Franklin story |
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Specific Knowledge---Reading People |
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138 | (3) |
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looking for common emotional experiences |
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reading people intuitively |
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the danger of first impressions |
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General Knowledge---The Seven Deadly Realities |
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141 | (5) |
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Social intelligence and creativity |
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Strategies for Acquiring Social Intelligence |
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1 Speak through your work |
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147 | (5) |
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2 Craft the appropriate persona |
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152 | (4) |
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3 See yourself as others see you |
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156 | (3) |
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159 | (8) |
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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164 | (3) |
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V AWAKEN THE DIMENSIONAL MIND: THE CREATIVE-ACTIVE |
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The Second Transformation |
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169 | (6) |
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175 | (21) |
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interpretation of Mozart story |
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the three essential steps |
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Step One The Creative Task |
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Altering your concept of creativity |
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searching for the Great White Whale |
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Thomas Edison, Rembrandt, Marcel Proust, and the ultimate creative challenges |
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The Primary Law of the Creative Dynamic |
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finding something to rebel against |
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Step Two Creative Strategies |
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181 | (1) |
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A Cultivate Negative Capability |
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Keats on the creative process |
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definition of Negative Capability |
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Einstein and Negative Capability |
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Negative Capability as a tool to open the mind |
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The brain as a dual processing system |
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definition of "serendipity" - William James and mental momentum |
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maintaining openness of spirit |
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Louis Pasteur and serendipity |
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Thomas Edison, serendipity, and the recording of sound |
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serendipity strategies of Anthony Burgess and Max Ernst |
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analogical thinking and Galileo |
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C Alternate the Mind Through "The Current" |
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187 | (4) |
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Charles Darwin and the Current |
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definition of "the Current" |
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our primitive ancestors and the Current |
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Buckminster Fuller and artifacts |
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the importance of creating objects |
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191 | (5) |
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Typical patterns of thinking to alter |
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Looking at the "what" instead of the "how" |
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focusing on the structure |
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getting a feel for the whole |
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the importance of relationships in science |
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Rushing to generalities and ignoring details |
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Shifting from the macro to the micro |
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Charles Darwin and the micro |
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Leonardo da Vinci's attention to micro |
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letting details guide you |
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Confirming paradigms and ignoring anomalies |
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Overdependence on paradigms |
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Marie Curie and the anomaly of radioactivity |
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the founders of Google and anomalies |
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anomalies fueling evolution |
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Fixating on what is present, ignoring what is absent |
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Sherlock Holmes and negative cues |
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Gowland Hopkins, negative cues, and scurvy |
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meeting unfulfilled needs |
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Henry Ford, negative cues, and the assembly line |
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reversing your emotional perspective |
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setbacks as opportunities |
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E. Revert to Primal Forms of Intelligence |
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196 | (6) |
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The intelligence of our primitive ancestors |
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the human brain as a multiuse instrument |
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examples of famous people who thought in images |
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the limitations of memory |
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using diagrams and models |
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Schiller, Einstein, Samuel Johnson, and synesthesia |
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Step Three The Creative Breakthrough---Tension and Insight |
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The high internal standards of Masters |
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Einstein, letting go, and the discovery of relativity |
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Richard Wagner completing his opera in a dream |
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how the brain reaches peaks of creativity |
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blocks that precede enlightenment |
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Evariste Galois's sudden burst of genius |
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Thomas Edison's manufacture of pressure |
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202 | (3) |
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Strategies for the Creative-Active Phase |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (4) |
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2 The Fact of Great Yield |
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210 | (5) |
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3 Mechanical Intelligence |
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215 | (4) |
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219 | (5) |
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224 | (4) |
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228 | (3) |
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7 The Evolutionary Hijack |
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231 | (5) |
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236 | (6) |
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Jean-Francois Champollion |
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9 Alchemical Creativity and the Unconscious |
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242 | (5) |
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245 | (2) |
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VI FUSE THE INTUITIVE WITH THE RATIONAL: MASTERY |
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247 | (65) |
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249 | (6) |
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255 | (14) |
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Examples of Masters seeing more |
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a power that is mystified |
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gaining an intuitive feel for the whole |
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Jane Goodall's feel for chimpanzees |
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Erwin Rommel's feel for battle |
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the fusing of the rational and the intuitive |
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make study time qualitatively rich |
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interpretation of Proust story |
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The Roots of Masterly Intuition |
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262 | (5) |
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intuition and our primitive ancestors |
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mnemonic networks in the brain |
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Bobby Fischer and memory traces |
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gaining a tolerance for chaos |
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increasing memory capacity |
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level intuition and youthfulness |
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Overview of evolution from the beginning |
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the interconnectedness of all life |
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the altered brain of the Master |
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Strategies for Attaining Mastery |
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269 | (1) |
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1 Connect to your environment---Primal Powers |
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270 | (4) |
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2 Play to your strengths---Supreme Focus |
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274 | (11) |
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3 Transform yourself through practice---The Fingertip Feel |
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285 | (4) |
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4 Internalize the details---The Life Force |
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289 | (5) |
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5 Widen your vision---The Global Perspective |
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294 | (4) |
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6 Submit to the other---The Inside-out Perspective |
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298 | (6) |
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7 Synthesize all forms of knowledge---The Universal Man/Woman |
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304 | (8) |
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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310 | (2) |
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| Contemporary Master Biographies |
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312 | (5) |
| Acknowledgments |
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317 | (2) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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| Index |
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