A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

They’ve created an SAT-ocracy—a regime in which access to the good life depends on the ability to reason logically, sequentially, and speedily.

In this book, you will learn the six essential aptitudes—what I call “the six senses”—on which professional success and personal satisfaction increasingly will depend. Design. Story. Symphony. Empathy. Play. Meaning.

the left hemisphere handles what is said; the right hemisphere focuses on how it’s said—the nonverbal, often emotional cues delivered through gaze, facial expression, and intonation.

Analysis and synthesis are perhaps the two most fundamental ways of interpreting information.

“As the left brain engages in the logical progression of walking the path, the right brain is free to think creatively.”

The left hemisphere specializes in text; the right hemisphere specializes in context.

“[D]esign, stripped to its essence, can be defined as the human nature to shape and make our environment in ways without precedent in nature, to serve our needs and give meaning to our lives.

Knowledge workers are “people who get paid for putting to work what one learns in school rather than for their physical strength or manual skill,

Symphony, as I call this aptitude, is the ability to put together the pieces. It is the capacity to synthesize rather than to analyze; to see relationships between seemingly unrelated fields; to detect broad patterns rather than to deliver specific answers; and to invent something new by combining elements nobody else thought to pair.

HOW—This terrific magazine mostly focuses on graphic design. It also has lots of smart business advice, reading recommendations, and an annual design competition that’s a great source of ideas. (More info: www.howdesign.com)