Le Anh Phuong

It helps me re-evaluate creative thinking process

Revisado: 05-23-20

I knew that creativity was not all about talents, but also included attitude. However, I was not completely correct. In this book "The Creative Thinker's Toolkit, Professor Gerard Puccio declared that creativity is also about deliberate practice with proper strategies. He was not only preaching. He structured the creative problem-solving skills into science, with principles revolving around the balance between divergence and convergence thinking.

In the first few chapters, he described four principles of deliberate practice to be more creative during problem-solving: including deferring judgment, going for quantity, making connections, and novelty. Afterward, he described 4 stages of creative problem solving and explained that each person could be more comfortable with one stage over the other, and each stage is equally important for creative thinking. He interleaved examples including anecdotes and facts of creative people from different fields to make the lecture more concrete and relatable. Since the book is about "toolkit", he did provide us tools to enhance certain aspects of creativity.

I really appreciate such an approach from a book and it could be game-changing. It does change my view of creativity. For example, previously I've always thought about creativity is just about brainstorming and generating ideas. However, a successful creator could also be strong in clarifying an idea, perfecting it, and implementing it. Moreover, an adaptor, who is able to build, improvise, and perfect ideas from pre-existing ones could be as well an efficient creator. Thanks to his strategies, I would be more conscious about generating ideas for my problems and hopefully to improve creativity, which is the highest level of thinking.

I also like the structure of the book, which is very clear and organized. However, sometimes the lecturer seems to mince his words which makes me zone out while listening. Also, some concepts are repetitive in certain chapters. Even though divergence/convergence is the main principle, the professor tends to overstate. Examples on how to use tools seem to be limited to the corporate scenarios. Therefore, sometimes I find it hard to extend it to other fields or even personal life.

In summary, the book may not be able to help you become a creative person, but it can definitely improve your creativity.

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A heart-felt story about a war hero.

Revisado: 05-15-18

There is no win or lose in war. Everybody went through it will lose something. The story is captivating and thrilling, at the same time, moving with vivid characters: the heros, the villains, the miserables, the victims.

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Descriptive story makes it like a dream

Revisado: 04-29-18

If I lose focus for just a moment, I will lose track of the story.
When we love someone, does we actually love the one or we love the idea of falling in love?
Why we always miss the past? Why "Good old days"?

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