ACCIDENTAL GENIUS

Contents
Introduction Your Mind Is Bigger Than You Think 1
Part One The Six Secrets to Freewriting 13
1. Secret #1: Try Easy 15
2. Secret #2: Write Fast and Continuously 19
3. Secret #3: Work against a Limit 25
4. Secret #4: Write the Way You Think 29
5. Secret #5: Go with the Thought 35
6. Secret #6: Redirect Your Attention 41
Part Two: Powerful Re. nements 45
7. Idea as Product 47
8. Prompt Your Thinking 53
9. Open Up Words 57
10. Escape Your Own Intelligence 65
11. The Value in Disconnecting 69
12. Using Assumptions to Get Unstuck 75
13. Getting a Hundred Ideas Is Easier Than Getting One 81
14. Learn to Love Lying 85
15. Hold a Paper Conversation 89
16. Drop Your Mind on Paper 97
17. The Writing Marathon 103
18. Doubt Yourself 107
19. The Magic of Exact Writing 113
20. Extract Gold from a Business Book 121
21. You Are What You Focus On 129
Part Three: Going Public 135
22. Sharing Your Un. nished Thoughts 137
23. Help Others Do Their Best Thinking 145
24. Notice Stories Everywhere 151
25. Build an Inventory of Thoughts 157
26. Write Your Own Rules 163
27. The Fascination Factor 169
28. Freewrite Your Way to Finished Prose 173

Gender, Nature, and Nurture

CHAPTER 1: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ANYWAY? 1
The Study of Sex Differences 4
Combining the Results of Many Studies: Meta-Analysis 9
What Do Meta-Analyses Tell Us About Sex Differences? 12
Are There Sex Differences in Personality? 12
Are There Sex Differences in Boys' and Girls' Activity Levels? 16
Are There Sex Differences in Risk-Taking? 1 7
Are There Sex Differences in Social Behaviors? 18
Aggression 18
Helping Behavior 20
Moral Behavior 21
Conformity and Social Influence 22
Group Behavior 22
Are There Sex Differences in Nonverbal Behavior and Nonverbal
Perceptiveness? 24
Are There Sex Differences in Sexuality? 26
Are There Sex Differences in Critaria for Mate Selection? 30
Are There Sex Differences in Occupational Preferences
and Interests? 30
Are There Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities? 33
Are There Sex Differences in Physical Abilities? 34
Are Men More Variable Than Women on Some Traits? 35
Beyond Meta-Analyses: Other Possible Sex Differences 36
Are There Sex Differences in Mental and Behavioral Disorders? 36
Are There Sex Differences in Emotional Experience? 39
Are There Sex Differences in the Self-Concept 41
Are There Sex Differences in Children's Play and Friendship
Patterns? 42
Summary 44
CHAPTER 2: MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY: GENDER
WITHIN GENDER 46
The Search Commences 47
The Analogy Between Masculinity-Femininity and Intelligence 48
The Bipolar Assumption 49
What Is Masculinity-Femininity Related to? 53
Masculinity and Femininity as Separate Dimensions 55
Cracks in Terman and Miles' Edifice 55
The Rise of Androgyny 56
Putting Androgyny to the Test 59
Masculinity, Femininity, and Psychological Adjustment 61
Whither Androgyny? 62
But Don't Masculinity and Femininity Make Sense to Most of Us? 64
Components of Masculinity and Femininity 65
Masculinity and Femininity as Fuzzy Concepts 66
Deconstructing and Reconstructing Masculinity-Femininity 68
Recapitulation 68
Resurrecting Masculinity-Femininity: Gender Diagnosticity 69
What Is Gender Diagnosticity Related to? 73
Is There a "Deep Structure" to Masculinity-Femininity? 77
Summary 79
CHAPTER 3: THEORIES OF GENDER 81
Levels of Explanation Applied to Gender 81

Biological Theories 85
Evolutionary Theory 85
The Genetics of Sex 94
Hormones and Male Versus Female Development 97
Structural Differences Between Male and Female Nervous Systems 99
Are Hormones Everything? 102
Recapitulating Biological Theories 103
From Nature to Nurture 104
Social Learning Theories 104
Cognitive Theories of Gender 106
Kohlberg's Cognitive-Developmental Theory 106
Gender Schema Theories 108
Social Psychological Theories of Gender 110
Gender Stereotypes 110
Social Role Theory 112
Gender Stereotypes as Self-Fulfilling Prophecies 114
Stereotype Threat 114
Self-Presentation and Social Constructionist Theory 115
Summary 117
CHAPTER 4: THE CASE FOR NATURE 119
Animal Experiments 121
Humans With Unusual Early Exposure to Hormones 122
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Females 122
Androgen-lnsensitive Males 123
Reductase-Deficient Males 124
Effects of Estrogen: Diethystilbestrol Children and Turner
Syndrome Women 125
Females Exposed to DES 125
Turner Syndrome 126
Correlational Studies of Hormones and Behavior 127
Testosterone and Human Behavior 128
Physical Characteristics Related to Prenatal Testosterone 132
Other Hormones and Gender-Related Behaviors 132
Hormones and Maternal Behavior 133
"Natural Experiments" and Sex Reassignments 136
Biology and Human Sex Differences 137
The Case for Biological Influences: Sex Differences in Aggression,
Visual-Spatial Ability, and Sexual Behavior 140
Physical Aggression 140
Visual-Spatial Ability 142
Sexual Behavior 145
Demonstrating Biological Influences on Individual Differences
in Masculinity and Femininity: Behavior Genetic Studies 150
Summary 153
CHAPTER 5: THE CASE FOR NURTURE 155
Learning to "Do Gender" 157
Boys' and Girls' Toy Preferences 158
Parental Treatment and the Social Learning of Gender 159
Teacher Influences 164
Peer Influences 165
Learning Gender After Early Childhood 166
Modeling Gender 168
Learning Gender From the Mass Media 169

Self-Socialization of Gender 172

Gender Knowledge 172
Gender Knowledge and Sex-Typed Behavior 174
Social Influences on Gender Knowledge 177
Consequences of Gender Stereotypes 178
Enacting Stereotypes 178
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and Behavioral Confirmation 180
Stereotype Threat: When Negative Stereotypes Undermine
Performance 182
Broader Social Factors and Gender 183
Social Role Theory 183
Coda 186
Summary 187
CHAPTER 6: CROSS-EXAMINATIONS 189
Summary 218
CHAPTER 7: GENDER, NATURE, AND NURTURE: LOOKING
TO THE FUTURE 219
Causal Cascades and Causal Thickets 221
Gender as a Complex Causal Cascade 221
Causal Cascades and the Nature-Nurture Debate 223
Cascades, Fulcrums, and Social Interventions 226
Causal Cascades and the Two Faces of Gender 229
Gender, Nature, and Nurture: Some Real-Life Concerns 233
Rearing Girls and Boys 234
Childhood Gender Segregation: Can It Be Reduced? 235
Gender in the Classroom 237
Solutions for Problems Faced by Girls and Boys in the Classroom 237
The Value of Same-Sex Schooling 239
Gender and the Digital Divide 241
Sexual Harassment and Assault: Are They Male Problems? 243
Husbands and Wives: The Nature and Nurture of
Close Relationships 244
Rearing Children 245
Divisions of Labor 246
Harmony, Disharmony, and Divorce 247
Child Custody 248
Gender in the Workplace 249
Parental Leave, Daycare, and Mommy Tracks 250
Sex Differences In Employment and Pay 251
Political Animals: Men and Women Who Govern 254
Women and Men in the Military: The Battles of the Sexes 257
Coda 259
Summary 259

GENIUS CODE WORKBOOK

What to Expect 8
Establish Your Goals 11
Image Streaming 12
Receiving Information 14
Over-the-Wall 15
Interpreting Information 17
Activating Your Genius 21
High Think Tank 24
Lucid Dreaming 29
Borrowed Genius 31
Advanced Civilization Toolbuilder 33
Next Steps 35
Personal Journal 37
Sources of Error 40
Fast Finish 41
Tools for Learning 5

HEREDITARY GENIUS
CLASSIFICATION OF MEN ACCORDING TO THEIR REPUTATION.____6
CLASSIFICATION OF MEN ACCORDING TO THEIR NATURAL
GIFTS. ____________________________________________________14
COMPARISON OF THE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS___________________37
NOTATION ___________________________________________________50
THE JUDGES OF ENGLAND BETWEEN 1660 AND 1865_____________55
APPENDIX TO JUDGES. _______________________________________________88

STATESMEN. ________________________________________________104
APPENDIX TO STATESMEN. __________________________________________111

ENGLISH PEERAGES. THEIR INFLUENCE UPON RACE.___________130

COMMANDERS.______________________________________________141
APPENDIX TO COMMANDERS.________________________________________150

LITERARY MEN. _____________________________________________167

APPENDIX TO LITERARY MEN. _______________________________________172

MEN OF SCIENCE.____________________________________________192
APPENDIX TO MEN OF SCIENCE.______________________________________199

POETS.______________________________________________________225
APPENDIX TO POETS.________________________________________________228

MUSICIANS. _________________________________________________237
APPENDIX TO MUSICIANS. ___________________________________________239

PAINTERS. __________________________________________________247
APPENDIX TO PAINTERS. ____________________________________________249

DIVINES. ____________________________________________________257
APPENDIX TO DIVINES. ______________________________________________283

SENIOR CLASSICS OF CAMBRIDGE.____________________________299

APPENDIX TO THE SENIOR CLASSICS OF CAMBRIDGE.__________________300

OARSMEN. __________________________________________________305
APPENDIX TO OARSMEN. ____________________________________________309

WRESTLERS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY.________________________312

APPENDIX TO WRESTLERS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. __________________313

COMPARISON OF RESULTS. ___________________________________316

THE COMPARATIVE WORTH OF DIFFERENT RACES._____________336
INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT THE NATURAL ABILITY OF
NATIONS. ________________________________________________351
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. _________________________________363
APPENDIX. __________________________________________________377

IS YOUR GENIUS AT WORK?

List of Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Chapter 1: Answer Four Key Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2: Recognize Your Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3: Notice Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 4: Find the Face of Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 5: Harvest Your Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 6: Pursue the Blinding Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 7: Detect Your Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 8: Tune Your Self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Exercises for Answering the Four Key Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Appendix A: Guidelines for Guides to Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Appendix B: Guidelines for Study Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Appendix C: Resources for Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

EXERCISES
1 Generating Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
2 Peeling the Onion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
3 Noticing Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
4 Finding the Face of Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
5 Refuting Your Disrepute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
6 Following Your Frustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
7 Examining Your Elation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
8 Observing What You Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9 Looking into Your Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
10 Studying Your Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
11 Investigating Compelling Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
12 Creating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
13 Meeting Your Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
14 Reshaping Your Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
15 Checking Your Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
16 How You Add Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
17 Allowing Your Genius to Thrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
18 Strong Emotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
19 What Other People Ask of You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
20 Unexpected Experiences and Turning Points . . . . . . . 152
21 Your Suffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
22 Meditation and Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
23 Family History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
24 Recurring Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
25 Wouldnt It Be Great? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
26 What Is Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
27 Tendencies That Help or Hinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
28 Taking Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
29 Improving Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
30 Awareness of Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
31 Finding the Courage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
32 Reality Check and Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

From 50 major political thinkers book

Plato (427347 BCE)
Aristotle (384322 BCE)
Nicol Machiavelli (14691527)
Karl Marx (181883)
John Stuart Mill (180673)
Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
Max Weber (18641920)
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (18701924)
Mohandas Gandhi (18691948)

FIFTY MAJOR THINKERS ON EDUCATION

Augustine
Dewey
Erasmus
Gandhi
Kant
Montessori
Plato
Rousseau
Steiner
Wollstonecraft
Hippocrates
Allen Turing
Steven Pinker

DISCOVER YOUR GENIUS C O N T E N T S

INTRODUCTION: On the Shoulders of Giants
1. Plato -Deepening Your Love of Wisdom
2. Brunelleschi - Expanding Your Perspective
3. Columbus - Going Perpendicular: Strengthening Your Optimism, Vision, and Courage
4. Copernicus - Revolutionizing Your Worldview
5. Elizabeth I - Wielding Your Power with Balance and Effectiveness
6. Shakespeare - Cultivating Your Emotional Intelligence
7. Jefferson - Celebrating Your Freedom in the Pursuit of Happiness
8. Darwin - Developing Your Power of Observation and Opening Your Mind
9. Gandhi - Applying the Principles of Spiritual Genius to Harmonize Spirit, Mind, and Body
10. Einstein - Unleashing Your Imagination and Combinatory Play
CONCLUSION: I Link, Therefore I Am
PERFECTBOUND E-BOOK EXTRA: Work and Days: Timelines of Genius

Gender, Nature, and Nurture

CHAPTER 1: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ANYWAY? 1
The Study of Sex Differences 4
Combining the Results of Many Studies: Meta-Analysis 9
What Do Meta-Analyses Tell Us About Sex Differences? 12
Are There Sex Differences in Personality? 12
Are There Sex Differences in Boys' and Girls' Activity Levels? 16
Are There Sex Differences in Risk-Taking? 1 7
Are There Sex Differences in Social Behaviors? 18
Aggression 18
Helping Behavior 20
Moral Behavior 21
Conformity and Social Influence 22
Group Behavior 22
Are There Sex Differences in Nonverbal Behavior and Nonverbal
Perceptiveness? 24
Are There Sex Differences in Sexuality? 26
Are There Sex Differences in Critaria for Mate Selection? 30
Are There Sex Differences in Occupational Preferences
and Interests? 30
Are There Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities? 33
Are There Sex Differences in Physical Abilities? 34
Are Men More Variable Than Women on Some Traits? 35
Beyond Meta-Analyses: Other Possible Sex Differences 36
Are There Sex Differences in Mental and Behavioral Disorders? 36
Are There Sex Differences in Emotional Experience? 39
Are There Sex Differences in the Self-Concept 41
Are There Sex Differences in Children's Play and Friendship
Patterns? 42
Summary 44
CHAPTER 2: MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY: GENDER
WITHIN GENDER 46
The Search Commences 47
The Analogy Between Masculinity-Femininity and Intelligence 48
The Bipolar Assumption 49
What Is Masculinity-Femininity Related to? 53
Masculinity and Femininity as Separate Dimensions 55
Cracks in Terman and Miles' Edifice 55
The Rise of Androgyny 56
Putting Androgyny to the Test 59
Masculinity, Femininity, and Psychological Adjustment 61
Whither Androgyny? 62
But Don't Masculinity and Femininity Make Sense to Most of Us? 64
Components of Masculinity and Femininity 65
Masculinity and Femininity as Fuzzy Concepts 66
Deconstructing and Reconstructing Masculinity-Femininity 68
Recapitulation 68
Resurrecting Masculinity-Femininity: Gender Diagnosticity 69
What Is Gender Diagnosticity Related to? 73
Is There a "Deep Structure" to Masculinity-Femininity? 77
Summary 79

CHAPTER 3: THEORIES OF GENDER 81

Levels of Explanation Applied to Gender 81
Biological Theories 85
Evolutionary Theory 85
The Genetics of Sex 94
Hormones and Male Versus Female Development 97
Structural Differences Between Male and Female Nervous Systems 99
Are Hormones Everything? 102
Recapitulating Biological Theories 103
From Nature to Nurture 104
Social Learning Theories 104
Cognitive Theories of Gender 106
Kohlberg's Cognitive-Developmental Theory 106
Gender Schema Theories 108
Social Psychological Theories of Gender 110
Gender Stereotypes 110
Social Role Theory 112
Gender Stereotypes as Self-Fulfilling Prophecies 114
Stereotype Threat 114
Self-Presentation and Social Constructionist Theory 115
Summary 117
CHAPTER 4: THE CASE FOR NATURE 119
Animal Experiments 121
Humans With Unusual Early Exposure to Hormones 122
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Females 122
Androgen-lnsensitive Males 123
Reductase-Deficient Males 124
Effects of Estrogen: Diethystilbestrol Children and Turner
Syndrome Women 125
Females Exposed to DES 125
Turner Syndrome 126
Correlational Studies of Hormones and Behavior 127
Testosterone and Human Behavior 128
Physical Characteristics Related to Prenatal Testosterone 132
Other Hormones and Gender-Related Behaviors 132
Hormones and Maternal Behavior 133
"Natural Experiments" and Sex Reassignments 136
Biology and Human Sex Differences 137
The Case for Biological Influences: Sex Differences in Aggression,
Visual-Spatial Ability, and Sexual Behavior 140
Physical Aggression 140
Visual-Spatial Ability 142
Sexual Behavior 145
Demonstrating Biological Influences on Individual Differences
in Masculinity and Femininity: Behavior Genetic Studies 150
Summary 153
CHAPTER 5: THE CASE FOR NURTURE 155
Learning to "Do Gender" 157
Boys' and Girls' Toy Preferences 158
Parental Treatment and the Social Learning of Gender 159
Teacher Influences 164
Peer Influences 165
Learning Gender After Early Childhood 166

Modeling Gender 168

Learning Gender From the Mass Media 169
Self-Socialization of Gender 172
Gender Knowledge 172
Gender Knowledge and Sex-Typed Behavior 174
Social Influences on Gender Knowledge 177
Consequences of Gender Stereotypes 178
Enacting Stereotypes 178
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and Behavioral Confirmation 180
Stereotype Threat: When Negative Stereotypes Undermine
Performance 182
Broader Social Factors and Gender 183
Social Role Theory 183
Coda 186
Summary 187
CHAPTER 6: CROSS-EXAMINATIONS 189
Summary 218
CHAPTER 7: GENDER, NATURE, AND NURTURE: LOOKING
TO THE FUTURE 219
Causal Cascades and Causal Thickets 221
Gender as a Complex Causal Cascade 221
Causal Cascades and the Nature-Nurture Debate 223
Cascades, Fulcrums, and Social Interventions 226
Causal Cascades and the Two Faces of Gender 229
Gender, Nature, and Nurture: Some Real-Life Concerns 233
Rearing Girls and Boys 234
Childhood Gender Segregation: Can It Be Reduced? 235
Gender in the Classroom 237
Solutions for Problems Faced by Girls and Boys in the Classroom 237
The Value of Same-Sex Schooling 239
Gender and the Digital Divide 241
Sexual Harassment and Assault: Are They Male Problems? 243
Husbands and Wives: The Nature and Nurture of
Close Relationships 244
Rearing Children 245
Divisions of Labor 246
Harmony, Disharmony, and Divorce 247
Child Custody 248
Gender in the Workplace 249
Parental Leave, Daycare, and Mommy Tracks 250
Sex Differences In Employment and Pay 251
Political Animals: Men and Women Who Govern 254
Women and Men in the Military: The Battles of the Sexes 257
Coda 259
Summary 259

HOW TO BE A GENIUS

6 Your amazing brain

MEET YOUR BRAIN

10
12
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16
18
20

Mapping the brai brain

Left brain, right brain
Taking side sides
Nerv rves es and neu eurons
Brain waves
What is a genius genius?

COME TO YOUR SENSES

24 Brain and eyes

26 Tricky pictures
6 28 How you se see
30 Simple illusion 0 illusions
32 Impossible illusion 2 illusions
34 How you hea 4 hear
36 Sounds like?
6 38 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozar 8 Mozart
40 Tas aste and smell ll
42 Sensitive sense ensitive senses
44 How you feel and touc touch
46 Touch and tell Touc ouch an tel
e min mind 48 Tricking th the
Magic trick tricks 50
2 Sensing your bod body 52
4 Body illusion illusions 5
6 Intuition io 5

HOW MEMORY WORK OW WORKS

60 How you think
0 62 What is memory memory?
64 Improve your memory
4 66 Do you remember 6 remember?
68 Payin 8 Paying attention
70 Making associations
72 Al Albe bert Ein rt Einstein in

PROBLEM SOLVING

76 How you ow learn earn

78 Masterin 8 Mastering mazes
80 Puzzling patterns
82 Intelli Intelligence types
ence 84 George Washington Carv Carver er
86 Logic
6 88 Illogical thinking
90 Brainteasers

92 Thinkin Thinking inside the box

94 Mathematical thinking
96 Think of a numbe ber
98 The magic of math
100 Spatial awareness arenes reness
102 Seeing in 2- D
104 Thinking i in 3- n D
106 Invention
108 Wernher v von Brau n Braun

A WAY WITH WORDS

11 112 Learning to spea speak

114 Having a word
116 Using languag language
118 Words alou aloud
120 20 Reading and writin writing
122 Jean Franois Champollio Champollion

THE CREATIVE MIND

126 What is creativity creativity?

128 28 Are you a creative spark spark?
130 Boost your creativit 0 creativity
132 Creative exercises
2 134 Leonardo da Vinc 4 Vinci

YOUR BRAIN AND YOU

OUR 138 Sense of self
38 140 Personality types
142 What about you you?
144 What makes you tick?
44 146 Mary Anning
46 148 The unconscious
48 150 Dreams
50 152 Emotions
52 154 Mahatma 54 Gandh andhi
156 Fear
56 158 Reading emotions
58 160 Body talk
16 162 Good and bad hab abit its
164 Winning and losin 64 losing

THE EVOLVING BRAIN

168 How we got our brains

170 Charl rles es Darwin rwin
172 How the brain grows
72 174 Brain sur 74 surgery ery
176 Animal intelligence
76 178 Train your pet et
180 Ca Can m n mac achin hines es think?
182 Program your friend
184 Glossar 84 Glossary
186 Answers

86 190 In Inde dex

HOW TO THINK LIKE EINSTIEN

Chapter 1 EINSTEINS SECRET 1
Chapter 2 THINKING LIKE EINSTEIN 13
Chapter 3 THE RIGHT PROBLEM 23
Chapter 4 NO BAD IDEAS 45
Chapter 5 BREAKING PATTERNS 55
Chapter 6 PLANTING SEEDS 71
Chapter 7 BREAKING RULES 109
Chapter 8 GROWING A SOLUTION 133
Chapter 9 AVOIDING MARTYRDOM 157
Chapter 10 EINSTEIN THINKING IN ORGANIZATIONS 169
Chapter 11 EVERYDAY EINSTEIN THINKING 187
APPENDIX A: EINSTEIN THINKING FORMS 203
APPENDIX B: EINSTEIN'S EQUATION 221
HOW TO THINK LIKE DA VINCI

Contents
Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface to New Edition:
A Touch of Eternal Beauty
Preface: Born of the Sun

PART ONE
Introduction: Your Brain Is Much
Better than You Think
Learning from Leonardo
A Practical Approach to Genius

The Renaissance, Then and Now

The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Major Accomplishments

PART TWO
The Seven Da Vincian Principles
Curiosit
Dimostrazione
Sensazione
Sfumato
Arte/Scienza
Corporalita
Connessione
Conclusion: Leonardos Legacy

PART THREE
The Beginners Da Vinci Drawing Course
Rebirth of a Dream
Leonardo da Vinci Chronology; Life and Times

HOW TO THINK LIKE DA VINCI WORKBOOK

Program Outline Page

Introduction 7
Maximizing Our Potential 8
Learning from Leonardo: 7 Steps to Genius Every Day 9
Activity 1: Assessing your Curiosita 10
CURIOSITA: Approaching life with insatiable curiosity
and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning
Activity 2: Curiosita Skill Builder 11
DIMOSTRAZIONE: Committing to test knowledge through
experience, persistence and a willingness to learn from mistakes

Activity 3: Dimostrazione Assessment and Skill Builder 15

SENSAZIONE: Continually refining the senses, especially
sight, as the means to enliven experience
Homework 1.
SFUMATO: Embracing ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty
Activity 4: Assessing Sfumato 17
Activity 5: Sfumato Skill Builder 20
INTERMISSION - 5 minute break
Learning from Leonardo: 7 Steps to Genius Every Day (continued)
ARTE/SCIENZA: Balancing science and art, logic and
imagination - whole-brain thinking
Activity 6: Arte/Scienza Assessment - Left-brain/right-brain 24
Activity 7: Arte/Scienza Skill Builder - Mind mapping 28
Homework 2.
CORPORALITA: Cultivating grace, ambidexterity, fitness and poise
Homework 3.
CONNESSIONE: Recognizing and appreciating the
interconnectedness of all things systems thinking
Activity 8: Connessione Assessment 30
Activity 9: Connessione Skill Builder 31
INTERMISSION - 5 minute break
Question and Answer session 32
Wrap up 33

HOW TO BECOME A GENIUS

CHAPTER 1: ANY PERSON MAY BECOME GREAT

.................................................................7
CHAPTER 2: HEREDITY AND
OPPORTUNITY........................................................................11
CHAPTER 3: THE SOURCE OF POWER
...................................................................................15
CHAPTER 4: THE MIND OF
GOD...............................................................................................19
CHAPTER 5:
PREPARATION........................................................................................................23
CHAPTER 6: THE SOCIAL POINT OF
VIEW...........................................................................25
CHAPTER 7: THE INDIVIDUAL POINT OF VIEW
.................................................................29
CHAPTER 8:
CONSECRATION....................................................................................................31
CHAPTER 9:
IDENTIFICATION...................................................................................................35
CHAPTER 10:
IDEALIZATION.....................................................................................................37
CHAPTER 11: REALIZATION
......................................................................................................41
CHAPTER 12: HURRY AND
HABIT............................................................................................45
CHAPTER 13:
THOUGHT..............................................................................................................49
CHAPTER 14: ACTION AT HOME
..............................................................................................53

CHAPTER 15: ACTION

ABROAD................................................................................................57
CHAPTER 16: SOME FURTHER
EXPLANATIONS..................................................................61
CHAPTER 17: MORE ABOUT THOUGHT
.................................................................................63
CHAPTER 18: JESUS IDEA OF GREATNESS
........................................................................67
CHAPTER 19: A VIEW OF
EVOLUTION...................................................................................71
CHAPTER 20: SERVING
GOD.....................................................................................................73
CHAPTER 21: A MENTAL
EXERCISE........................................................................................77
CHAPTER 22: A SUMMARY OF THE SCIENCE OF BEING GREAT..................................81

In telligence AND HOW TO GET IT

1 Varieties of Intelligence I
2 Heritability and Mutability 21
3 Getting Smarter 39
4 Improving the Schools 57
5 Social Class and Cognitive Culture 78
6 IQ in Black and White 93
7 Mind the Gap 119
8 Advantage Asia? 153
9 People of the Book 171
1 0 Raising Your Child's Intelligence. . .
and Your Own 182
EPILOGUE What We Now Know about Intelligence and
Academic Achievement 193
APPENDIX A Informal Definitions of Statistical Terms 201
APPENDIX B The Case for a Purely Environmental Basis
for Black/White Differences in IQ 209

MAXIMIZING
INTELLIGENCE
1. Maximizing Intelligence 1

Four Propositions about Intelligence 2

The Ten Most Important Risk Factors 6
The Basis for the Book 8
Organization of the Book 10
2. The Nature and Importance of Intelligence 13
Definition and Measurement of Intelligence 13
The Nature and Malleability of Intelligence 22
The Timing of IQ Changes 3 7
Why IQ is Important 43
3. The Risk Factors for Intelligence 51
Evidence for the Risk Factors 51
The Role of Parent IQ 53
The Sequence of Risk Factors 56
Risk Factors after Birth or Conception 57
Environmental Risk Factors before Birth 70
Summary of the Risk Factors for Intelligence 92
4. Race, Family, and Intelligence 101
Racial Differences in IQ and Achievement 103
Racial Differences in Risk Factors 110
Racial Differences in Schooling 119
Reducing the IQ Gap 12 8
5. Agents of Change for Intelligence 13 5
The Timing of Changes 135
Schools and Preschools 136
Families and Early Intervention Strategies 162
Summary 177
6. The Outlook for Maximizing Intelligence 181
An Integrated Theory of Intelligence 181
Maximizing Whose Intelligence? 189
Policy Approaches for Maximizing Intelligence 190
Appendix A: Multivariate Analysis of the Risk Factors 197
Appendix B: Analysis of Risk Factors for African 203
American Children
Appendix C: Regression Analysis of 1996 NAEP Data 207

strange Brains and Genius

1 The Pigeon Man from Manhattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 The Worm Man from Devonshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3 The Rabbit-Eater from Lichfield .....,............... _ . . . . . 80
4 The Fly Man from Galway ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5 The Rat Man from London ............................... 98
6 The Mutton Man from London ............................ 104
7 The Sprained Brain from Birmingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
8 The Ice Man from Cornwall Gardens ...,.".,...".,..,.,. 141
9 The Hermit from Montana . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 157
10 Obsession.,."...."................................... 183
CURIOSITY SMORGASBORD
11 The Brain Shelter ."'......,.....................,,..... 201
12 Where on Earth Is Einstein's Brain? " , . . . . , . . , . , . , , . , , . . ,. 204
13 Do We Really Use Only 10 Percent of Our Brain? .......... 209
14 The Human Mind Questionnaire ......................... 214
fiNALE
15 Epilogue............................................... 251
16 A Touch of Madness ,'.........,........................ 254
APPENDIXES
A Runners-Up List ......................,....,'..".',.,., 279

B Updates and Breakthroughs ..."...",'....."..,.....,.. 298

Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . , , . , . . , . , , . , . ,. 311
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GENIUS
THE EXPLANATION OF THE THREE STEPS TO GENIUS 4
STEP ONE: YOUR OBJECTIVE 5-6
STEP TWO: THE TECHNIQUES 7-8
PSEUDO TELEKINESIS (P.T) FOR CONCENTRATION 9-13
IMAGE STREAMING FOR MAXIMUM BRAINPOWER 14-24
BRAIN HARMONICS FOR OVERALL BRAIN POWER 25-28
2 DUALIST MENTAL EXPANSIONS (DME) FOR THE MENTAL EDGE 29-34
OPTICAL ENHANCEMENT FOR VISUALIZING 35-36
MENTAL ROTATION FOR STRENGTH OF INSIGHT 37-39
THE SCAMPER TECHNIQUE TO GENERATE IDEAS 40-41
THE VAK TECHNIQUE FOR DEEP THOUGHT PROBLEM SOLVING 42-44
QUANTUM WAVE STREAMING FOR MAXIMUM BRAINPOWER 45-47
THE HALF PTMR TECHNIQUE FOR INTUITION 48-49
THE KOINONIA TECHNIQUE FOR GROUP THOUGHT 50-51
LEARNING AND EDUCATION FOR OVERALL ABILITY 52-54
STEP THREE: BRAIN NUTRITION AND BEHAVIOUR 55-63
THE SECRET STEP 64-80

THE FINAL WORDS

The Five Faces of Genius

CONTENTS
I.

Finding the Business Genius Within

1
II.

The Five Faces of Genius

7
1 . T H E S E E R 21
2 . T H E O B S E R V E R 46
3 . T H E A L C H E M I S T 70
4. T H E F O O L 90
5. T H E S A G E 115

III.

Putting the Five Faces of Genius to Work

139
IV.

Discovering Your Genius Within

183

T H E G EN I US EN G I N E
Introduction 1
1 MEMORY

11
The DNA of Consciousness
2 REASON 46
Logic, Laughter, and Looking Within
3 PASSION 102
In Cold Blood?

4 VIOLENCE

163
Morality and the Minds of the Killers
5 CREATIVITY 220
Art as a Window into the Brain
6 SILICON MINDS 246
The Rise of the Machine Genius

Notes 269

The Genius Symbols

WELCOME TO YOUR GENIUS ... .............................................................................. 9
Project Sanctuary ....................................................................................................... 12
THE GAME IN SPACE & TIME ................................................................................ 14
The Energy Mind ....................................................................................................... 19
Project Sanctuary Made Easy ...................................................................................... 21
Understanding Visions................................................................................................23
The Contract .............................................................................................................24
Stepping INSIDE The Visions....................................................................................26
What Can We Use Project Sanctuary For? ....................................................................
27
THE GENIUS SYMBOLS.......................................................................................... 30
Avoiding Magic Failure ...............................................................................................38
The Threshold Shifts .................................................................................................39
Introducing The Genius Symbols ................................................................................ 40
Space......................................................................................................................... 41
Time ......................................................................................................................... 42
Weather ..................................................................................................................... 43
The Land ................................................................................................................... 44
Plant ......................................................................................................................... 45
Animal....................................................................................................................... 46
Crystal....................................................................................................................... 47
Angel ........................................................................................................................ 48
Friend........................................................................................................................ 49
People....................................................................................................................... 50
Spirit......................................................................................................................... 51
Aspect........................................................................................................................52
House ........................................................................................................................53
Artefact...................................................................................................................... 54
The Gift ......................................................................................................................55
Trade ........................................................................................................................ 56
Dragonwings...............................................................................................................57
Magic ........................................................................................................................ 58
Stardust..................................................................................................................... 59
Alien ......................................................................................................................... 60
Fountain...................................................................................................................... 61
The Dance ................................................................................................................. 62
Light .......................................................................................................................... 63
MAKING YOUR OWN PERSONAL GENIUS SYMBOL SET...................................... 64
Learning The Genius Symbols.................................................................................... 66
Choosing Your Templates...........................................................................................67
Applying The Symbols .............................................................................................. 68
CREATING VISIONS WITH THE SYMBOLS ........................................................... 69
The Contract .............................................................................................................70
A Very First Sanctuary................................................................................................73

The Classic Game...................................................................................................... 75

Using The Symbols Inside The Game.......................................................................... 77
An Example Of The Classic Game ..............................................................................78
Other Layouts & Patterns ..............................................................................................
81
A Personalised Layout ................................................................................................ 81
Using A Pendulum..................................................................................................... 81
Using Your Gut Instincts .......................................................................................... 81
GAMES TO PLAY WITH THE GENIUS SYMBOLS.................................................. 83
Therapy Games .......................................................................................................... 86
Healing Games ........................................................................................................... 89
Past Life Regression.................................................................................................. 90
Soul Piloting ............................................................................................................. 91
Meetings ...................................................................................................................92
Block Removal...........................................................................................................93
Wishes, Wants, Needs & Desires ............................................................................... 94
Count Your Blessings.................................................................................................95
The One Who Stands For Them All........................................................................... 96
Self Help & Personal Development ...............................................................................
97
Adult Games ............................................................................................................ 98
Law & Order Games .................................................................................................. 99
Question Games ...................................................................................................... 100
Playing For A Threshold Shift.................................................................................... 101
Playing For An Aspect.............................................................................................. 102
Relationship Games.................................................................................................. 103
Tell Your Story ........................................................................................................ 104
Building A Visionary Goal ..........................................................................................105
Creativity................................................................................................................... 106
Stories.....................................................................................................................107
Better Stories ........................................................................................................107
Time Stories ........................................................................................................... 108
Paintings & Sculptures ............................................................................................. 108
Ideas........................................................................................................................ 110
Music........................................................................................................................ 111
Poetry ...................................................................................................................... 112
Problem Solving ....................................................................................................... 113
Inventions................................................................................................................. 114
Divination................................................................................................................... 115
Traditional Psychic Readings & Oracles.......................................................................
115
Predictions & Psychic Phenomena...............................................................................
116
Improving Psychic Abilities..........................................................................................117
Dreams & Dream Interpretation................................................................................... 118
More Games To Exercise Your Genius .........................................................................
119
Pushing Through The Threshold Games.................................................................. 119
The Challenge Game ................................................................................................ 120
Single Symbol Adventures........................................................................................ 120
World Seed.............................................................................................................. 121
Negative Symbols .....................................................................................................122
Playing The Game Without A Physical Set...................................................................123

Into The Truly Unknown............................................................................................125

Inventing Your Own Games........................................................................................126
THE GENIUS SYMBOLS IN SANCTUARY ..............................................................127
Visions Within Visions ..............................................................................................128
A First Genius Symbol Game In
Sanctuary ..................................................................128
Playing On Behalf Others.......................................................................................... 130
You, The Querent ..................................................................................................... 131
Living Symbol Experiences ........................................................................................132
Symbols & Artefacts .................................................................................................133
CHILDREN & THE GENIUS SYMBOLS................................................................... 134
A First Symbol Experience ........................................................................................136
A First Story Experience ...........................................................................................137
Giving & Receiving Gifts ............................................................................................138
Bedtime Stories & Stories In Instalments.....................................................................139
Stories & Pictures.................................................................................................... 140
Little Worlds ............................................................................................................. 141
Soul Piloting for Children ..........................................................................................142
Dreams & Nightmares ...............................................................................................143
Games for Older Children & Teenagers...................................................................... 144
Bringing Project Sanctuary Into The
Family ..................................................................145
MORE ABOUT THE GENIUS SYMBOLS................................................................ 146
Symbol Meditations...................................................................................................147
Gift VS Trade.......................................................................................................... 148
Symbol Of The Day ................................................................................................. 149
Daily Quick Meditation...............................................................................................150
EmoTrance Symbol Exercises ................................................................................... 151
Using The Symbols In Daily Life.................................................................................152
Blessings, Problem Solving & More ...........................................................................153
More Symbols, Different Symbols ..............................................................................154
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS.....................................................................................157
EXAMPLES OF MIND CHANGING VISIONS........................................................... 162
How Can I Be Happy? .............................................................................................. 164
Seeking A Cure For Trade & Commerce Reversals ....................................................
166
The General Help Me Be A Better Man.................................................................... 169
Seeking A Learning About Magical
Jewellery ................................................................171
Give Me Something To Improve My Magic ..................................................................
172
A Cure For The Work/Play Divide..............................................................................174
Give Me Something Beautiful Today ...........................................................................176
Time Healing ............................................................................................................ 177
EPILOGUE: THE PHARAOH'S EYES..................................................................... 179
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT SANCTUARY ...................................... 184
Books & Courses .....................................................................................................185
Audio Energy Hypnosis Programs............................................................................. 186
Project Sanctuary Based Books ..................................................................................187
Project Sanctuary Visionary Fiction............................................................................. 188
Internet Resources ................................................................................................... 189

THiNK LiKE A GENiUS

Chapter 1 The Way of Genius ......................................2
Chapter 2 Metaphorming Worlds ...............................16
Chapter 3 Just Do It!: Metaphorm It!.........................22
METAPHORM 1 Open Your Mind ........................................38
METAPHORM 2 Multiply or Divide Your Resources...........44
METAPHORM 3 Reconnect Your Spirit, Mind, and Body ...50
METAPHORM 4 Immerse Yourself in Life...........................54
METAPHORM 5 Lose Your Fear...........................................58
METAPHORM 6 Avoid Cynicism .........................................66
METAPHORM 7 Don't Just "Live and Learn"
Learn to Live Free...............................72
METAPHORM 8 Break Out of Routines to Be Original.......76
METAPHORM 9 Persist.........................................................82
METAPHORM 10 Take Control of Your Life .........................86
METAPHORM 11 Make the Obvious More Obvious .............90
METAPHORM 12 Jump Steps to Success...............................96
METAPHORM 13 Travel the Clear-Unclear Road to
Happiness ..........................................100
METAPHORM 14 Get Unstuck .............................................106
METAPHORM 15 Relax the Big Squeeze of Life.................110
Indifference .......................................120
METAPHORM 18 Never Pass on Your Passion ....................128
METAPHORM 19 Call It Like You See It, Honestly.............l32
METAPHORM 20 Remake Your Self-image.........................142
METAPHORM 21 Take Your Time . . . and Your Space .......150
METAPHORM 22 Hmmm . . . Find New Ideas in Paradox...156
METAPHORM 23 "Simplexity": See the Simple in the
Complex ............................................164
METAPHORM 24 Cut the Stress Lines.................................170
METAPHORM 25 Hunt for Satisfying Work ........................174
METAPHORM 26 Remove the Walls of Ycur Mind .............178
METAPHORM 27 Envision Your Creative Process ..............184
METAPHORM 28 Fish for the Bigger Meaning.................... 198
METAPHORM 29 Add to Invention ......................................202
METAPHORM 30 Shift Your Social Solar Systems..............208
METAPHORM 31 See the Whole of Your Creativity............214
Meaning and Power..................................................................221
Seeds.........................................................................................237
Notes.........................................................................................272
Acknowledgments.....................................................................286

THINKING LIKE EINSTEIN

Introduction

15
PART 1. VISUAL THINKING
1. Forward into the Past: A Revival of Old Visual Talents
with Computer Visualization
2. Thinking Like Einstein on the Hokule'a:
Visual Thinking through Time
3. Visual Thinkers and Nobel Prizes
4. Word-Bound: The Power of Seeing
5. When the World Plague Was Stopped by a Digital Artist
6. Smashing Images
25
39
45
53
59
65
PART 2. VISUAL TECHNOLOGIES
7. Is Visualization No Longer a "New New Thing"?
8. Talk Less, Draw More
9. Unintended, Unexpected Consequences
10. Artist Discoveries and Graphical Histories
11. Transforming Spheres-in Three Parts
77
83
89
95

PART 3. VISUAL BRAINS

12. Making All Things Make Themselves
13. Enormous Eyes and Tiny Grasping Hands
14. Brain Drain: Reconsidering Spatial Ability
15. Knowing What You Don't Need to Know
109
113
119
125
PART 4. VISUAL PEOPLE
16. Feynman Diagrams, Spreading Illusions
17. Missed Opportunities and Cheap Tools
18. James Clerk Maxwell, Working in Wet Clay
19. Digital Artist as Hero
20. Is a Visualization Language Possible?
21. Following the Gifts: Art, Visual Talent,
and Troubles with Words
22. Nikola Tesla and Thinking in Pictures
23. Seeing the Unseen: Concluding Remarks
133
139
147
155
161
167
175
187
Acknowledgments
195
Appendix
199