Fifteen years ago, psychologist and educator Howard Gardner
introduced the idea of multiple intelligences, challenging the
presumption that intelligence consists of verbal or analytic
abilities only,those intelligences that schools tend to measure. He
argued for a broader understanding of the intelligent mind, one
that embraces creation in the arts and music, spatial reasoning,
and the ability to understand ourselves and others.Today, Gardner's
ideas have become widely accepted,indeed, they have changed how we
think about intelligence, genius, creativity, and even leadership,
and he is widely regarded as one of the most important voices
writing on these subjects.Now, in Extraordinary Minds , a book as
riveting as it is new, Gardner poses an important question: Is
there a set of traits shared by all truly great achievers,those we
deem extraordinary,no matter their field or the time period within
which they did their important work?In an attempt to answer this
question, Gardner first examines how most of us mature into more or
less competent adults. He then examines closely four persons who
lived unquestionably extraordinary lives,Mozart, Freud, Woolf, and
Gandhi,using each as an exemplar of a different kind of
extraordinariness: Mozart as the master of a discipline, Freud as
the innovative founder of a new discipline, Woolf as the great
introspector, and Gandhi as the influencer.What can we learn about
ourselves from the experiences of the extraordinary? Interestingly,
Gardner finds that an excess of raw power is not the most
impressive characteristic shared by superachievers rather, these
extraordinary individuals all have had a special talent for
identifying their own strengths and weaknesses, for accurately
analyzing the events of their own lives, and for converting into
future successes those inevitable setbacks that mark every
life.Gardner provides answers to a number of provocative questions,
among them: How do we explain extraordinary times,Athens in the
fifth century B.C., the T'ang Dynasty in the eighth century,
Islamic Society in the late Middle Ages, and New York at the middle
of the century? What is the relation among genius, creativity,
fame, success, and moral extraordinariness? Does extraordinariness
make for a happier, more fulfilling life, or does it simply create
a special onus?
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