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The Element

How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

By Ken Robinson

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| Others | 9780143116738

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Book Description

A breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement from one of the
world's leading thinkers on creativity and self-fulfillment.

4 Reviews

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Wide and thought-provoking

This is a book dealing with a wide variety of topics: education, self-fulfilment, mentoring, learning and understanding, among others.
I have enjoyed it very much, and it has made me think a lot about how people understand the world in different ways, and that there is no single correct way of expl ... (continue)

This is a book dealing with a wide variety of topics: education, self-fulfilment, mentoring, learning and understanding, among others.
I have enjoyed it very much, and it has made me think a lot about how people understand the world in different ways, and that there is no single correct way of explaining things.

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Pablo Rodríguez Madroño said on Dec 23, 2010 | Add your feedback

Very interesting concepts but quite wordy in the middle.

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SeiAiKen [精愛剣] said on Nov 29, 2011 | Add your feedback

Just great, it is consistent, comprehensive, inspiring and human. As human as desire and honesty. Ken Robinson makes you call a few choices into question, one is encouraged to feel reasonably and think earnestly.

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Elo Monteoliva said on May 15, 2011 | Add your feedback

The "Element" is where one's aptitude meets his/her passion, plus attitude. I love this book. It encourages me to re-think who I really am and what I like. I was, at the beginning, a bit skeptical. Most stories cited are successful ones, depicting the power of the "Element". Yet when I carried on re ... (continue)

The "Element" is where one's aptitude meets his/her passion, plus attitude. I love this book. It encourages me to re-think who I really am and what I like. I was, at the beginning, a bit skeptical. Most stories cited are successful ones, depicting the power of the "Element". Yet when I carried on reading, it answered my queries: One is never too old to look for his/her Element. The Element may not necessarily mean "rewards" in financial term or fame, but it definitely keeps us on our toes and therefore we can embrace tomorrow. True. Who can imagine a career in writing Apps, say 10 years ago? As the author says, "Being in Element... can bring a new richness and balance to (one's) life." I love one particular story about human creativity, in which three 4-year-olds took part in a nativity drama. Playing the wisemen from the East, the boys were supposed to recite the lines in order: I bring you gold, I bring you frankincence, I bring you myrrh. The second boy however skipped his line and stole the one from the third boy. When the third boy appeared on stage, he knew his line about the myrhh had been told. Then, he probably had not rehearsed the line about the frankincence. What should he do? He used his creativity and told his audience: "Frank sent this!" Who's Frank? He sent what? Well, children are not particularly worried about being wrong and it's where creativity comes in.

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Agatha_Ngai said on Aug 16, 2010 | Add your feedback