A Whole New Mind is the title of Wired Magazine contributing editor Daniel Pink's new book, to be published by Riverhead Books this March.
So what's new about the mind?
And furthermore, why should you care?
Well, what's new is plenty and the reason you should care could hit you right in your pocketbook.
By now, nearly everyone is familar with the concept of the left and right brains. You know, the logical, linear thinking left brain and the intuitve, artistic, empathetic right brain.
Pink's thesis is this: all of those left brain linear logical capablities are not enough in a world in which jobs which require these capabilites are rapidly being outsourced. Jobs like computer programming, law research and even the reading of American CAT scans are being outsourced to Asia!
Pink exhorts us to leave the linear, logical Information Age behind, before it's too late, and delve into the Conceptual Age, the age of artistry, empathy and emotion. Now that others can do left brained work more cheaply, it's incumbent upon us to do right brain work better than anyone else.
But how do we do we develop these right brain capabilites?
We can begin by exploring and developing ancient traditions that are being combined with modern technologies, such as heart intelligence, mastery of breathing techniques, developing our capacity to see with our minds' eye, cultivating our sense of appreciation and graditude, and more.
These are the very techniques and the body of knowledge on which our 24-week Stress Resiliency Coaching™ Foundations Class is based.
As author Daniel Pink says, "Want to get ahead today? Forget what your parents told you. Do something foreigners can't do cheaper...computers can't do faster...Go right, young man and woman, go right."
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