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Summary: Fresh approach
Review: A fresh approach to a mature topic. This bold book which is superbly written gives the reader an entertaining entry into releasing his creative energies, and unlocking the power and freedom that those energies provide. I have read many of these books, as well as authored several, and this one kept me spellbound and made me laugh. It is a winner
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Summary: Learn by reading a hilarious book
Review: As a creative professional, I'm always on the look out for ways to stimulate out-of-the-box thinking. Marco's book is not only a great guide to shooting down creative barriers, but it's also an absolutely fun book to read.In his entertaining and enthusiastic style, Marco gives guidance on how to defend and sell ideas. Most importantly, he teaches how to hang on to the big ideas, which are too often dismissed as silly in the early stages as opposed to developing them to maturity. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to bring back the unbridled, uncomplicated joy of creating that they had as a child.
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Summary: Re-discover Your Child-like Brilliance
Review: First off, I have to say that I agree with the other reviewer regarding editing: the Jodere group consistently publishes books with very bad editing, sometimes using several semi-colons in one sentence...ALL the time. Aggravating. 5 Stars for content, zero for editing. Shoddy editorship aside, the information in this book is helpful and even fascinating. Author, marketer, corporate anarchist, and founder of Marco Polo Explorers, Marco Marsan was named one of America's top Out-of-the-Box thinkers by the Mazda Corporation. Think Naked came out earlier this year, and it's a delightful book about re-discovering child-like brilliance. Marsan has something interesting things to say on the inside flap of his book: "Dr. Seuss once described adults as 'obsolete children'. Extensive studies show that there is a 98 percent chance you were a creative genius before age four. Business week magazine says that a 40-year old adult is about two percent as creative as a five-year-old child. Findings like these tell us that creative genius isn't something you find--it's something that you've merely, and perhaps, only temporarily lost." Some chapters in this book include You Were A Genius:Discovering the childlike brilliance you were born with, See Saw:Balancing the combination of kidlike genius with your adult wealth of experience, Wear Your Cape:How to create conditions that encourage risk-taking without fear, and Show And Tell:How to get in touch with your passions and your exuberance. Throughout the book, Marsan gives fascinating examples from scientific studies, pop-culture, trends, nature, and other sources to illustrate just how in the box many of us remain--especially when it comes to personal satisfaction and creativity. This book is a lot of fun to read, and stimulates thinking outside of conventional, plodding thought patterns. Refreshing and bold, it's sure to be a welcome addition for the library of a manager or business professional, and for anyone wanting to infuse the zest of new perspectives into their lives.
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Summary: Marco Marsan does not disappoint!!!!
Review: I must say that I am extremely impressed with this book as a whole-It's put together well and is a breeze to read. All of the concepts are extremely well thought out and easily applicable to daily life. I'm on my way to being a Naked Thinker but due to about 23 years of extensive "hardwiring",as Marsan calls it, its not something that's gonna happen overnight. I keep this book by my bed and I try to reread a couple of pages a day and work them into my daily routine. I must say that it feels great so far, and I've begun to make so many much needed changes in my life. This is by far one of the most brilliant books I've ever read as far as being something that you can apply to daily life and it can only improve and enhance your current life. No doubt I'm going to be recommending this book to just about everyone I know. This book has definitely helped me in so many ways and will be extremely useful to my success and happiness in my career, relationships, and the way I live my life.
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Summary: Charge your batteries.
Review: I recently finished Think Naked and have already passed it on to an older friend so he could re-awaken his imagination and recharge his creative batteries -- just as I did when reading Marco Marsan's book. This is the kind of book and message you share with your friends. If they read it as receptively and as openly as I did, it will remind them that they are intrinsically creative -- and if they allow their inner child to emerge, they will unlock inhibitions, pre-conceptions and blocks to their creativity. It's also fun to read and fun to discuss. It is a book that should find its way into the hands of old-school managers. Many of Marsan's lists and "exercises" might be incorporated into managerial and in-house training sessions or they could be used as the basis of a course in creativity and problem solving. If you are a witness to small-box thinking among your peers or long to escape, to try new things, to bolster and sustain your creativity, then pick up Think Naked. This books joins my six-foot shelf of books related to creativity, design, communication and the creative process. I've read books by Johnson, de Bono, Norman, Jakob Nielsen, Buckminster Fuller, Tufte, Christopher Alexander and Papenek. Incidentally, the other morning my friend came into the cafe with it under his arm, punctuated by an ornate, tasseled bookmark. I thought he was carrying his missal with him. It gave me a hint as to just how enmeshed he was in his reading. We could all use a daily brain wedgie to remind us that we have the potential to use our brains and skills in ways that are ordinarily passed by because they are "too far out" or have some kind of taboo associated with them. I was reminded of an essay I wrote many years ago, entitled, "Put Grandmother in the Crib" - based on Edward de Bono's solution to the problem of the baby inconveniencing grandma, as she knitted and napped. It was to put the baby on the carpet and grandmother in the crib.
As a retiree and volunteer to local groups, I've gone one step further and have made more of an effort to surround myself with smart people and SMEs (subject matter experts). If you let yourself be dumbed down by the popular press and popular culture, your inner child will be stifled and inhibited. Don't let it happen to you. Read Think Naked and recharge your batteries and feel the fire that burns inside. For further exploration, visit Marsan's web sites at: http://thinknaked.com , http://www.marcopoloexplorers.com/ and http://marcomarsan.com
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Summary: Think Naked, but please edit with your clothes on
Review: Marcan's book is a reasonably interesting re-take on the zillion creativity and anti-burnout books that have gone before. It's certainly worth a read if your brain needs a little juice to get out of a rut. That is, as long as you can get past the shoddy editing and notes written in an almost unreadable typeface with a stained-paper background.
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Summary: Excellent!!!!!
Review: Michael Michalko, I'm the author of the creative thinking books "Thinkertoys" and "Cracking Creativity" and have known Peter Lloyd for many years. Peter is a contributor to Marco Marsan's "Think Naked" and encouraged me to review it. This book is an excellent guide on how to become creative and alive again. We see people who are wonderfully alive and people who are depressed and defeated every day. Once, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, in a café in Old Montreal I saw a woman rise from her table and for no reason started to sing opera. She had a certain smile and I knew she was perfectly at home with herself. She was wearing a great wide hat, her arms were flung out in an expansive gesture, singing, and utterly oblivious to everything but what was in her and around her at that second. Even as you read this, you are thinking of people you know who are alive and people who are lifeless. This woman was wonderfully alive and self-creating. When you meet a person like the woman in Montreal you get this vague feeling inside you that you "ought to be" something more. You already know this feeling. We get this feeling when we recognize the thing in others that we long to be. This feeling seems so trivial, so fundamental that we ought to be like that, that we dare not admit it to others. We long to become more alive and creative in our personal and business lives. The feeling for it is the most primitive feeling which a person can have. The feeling for it is as primitive as the feeling for your own well being. "Think Naked" will help you become what you ought to be. It reminded me to dance every day if only in my mind.
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Summary: Excellent!!!!!
Review: Michael Michalko, I'm the author of the creative thinking books "Thinkertoys" and "Cracking Creativity" and have known Peter Lloyd for many years. Peter is a contributor to Marco Marsan's "Think Naked" and encouraged me to review it. This book is an excellent guide on how to become creative and alive again. We see people who are wonderfully alive and people who are depressed and defeated every day. Once, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, in a café in Old Montreal I saw a woman rise from her table and for no reason started to sing opera. She had a certain smile and I knew she was perfectly at home with herself. She was wearing a great wide hat, her arms were flung out in an expansive gesture, singing, and utterly oblivious to everything but what was in her and around her at that second. Even as you read this, you are thinking of people you know who are alive and people who are lifeless. This woman was wonderfully alive and self-creating. When you meet a person like the woman in Montreal you get this vague feeling inside you that you "ought to be" something more. You already know this feeling. We get this feeling when we recognize the thing in others that we long to be. This feeling seems so trivial, so fundamental that we ought to be like that, that we dare not admit it to others. We long to become more alive and creative in our personal and business lives. The feeling for it is the most primitive feeling which a person can have. The feeling for it is as primitive as the feeling for your own well being. "Think Naked" will help you become what you ought to be. It reminded me to dance every day if only in my mind.
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Summary: inspirational
Review: mr. marco sure knows how to put things in perspective. i would highly recommend this to anyone who is looking to find the kid in them!!!
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Summary: Relax, Have Fun, Love Life, Love Your Job, Be a Hero...
Review: What a truly inspirational book! A MUST read for the uptight, uninspired, tired, bored, same-ol'-same-ol' one in your life. Can't see the forest yourself anymore? Read it! (Then buy a copy for your boss because he surely needs it more than you!!). Thanks, Marco!
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