A Whole New Mind - Chapters 1-3

Daniel Pink is an effective writer. I like how he repeats himself in various different ways to get a point across. The first three chapters,"Right Brain Rising", "Abundance, Asia, and Automation", and "High Concept, High Touch" made interesting points. One highlight for me was how he explained the progress from the agricultural age to today's conceptual age. He gave clear examples of each and included wonderful graphics to help illustrate his point. Another impressive fact was that IQ only accounts for 4-10 percent of career success! This would be a great statistic to show parents who don't allow their children to participate in activities to develop their right brain because it's "not as important". How often I heard the mantra, "Study hard so you can become a lawyer, doctor, or an accountant." What a breath of fresh air to see that the Conceptual Age will look to develop different abilities in students, a whole new mind. I look forward to finding out about the "how" of developing R-directed thinking in the next few chapters.