How To Think Like Sherlock: Improve YOUR Powers of Observation, Memory, and Deduction

Smith, Daniel

Published by MJF Books in arrangement withy Michael O'Mara Books Limited, New York, 2012

About this Item

As new condition black boards with silver spine lettering, contained in a fine condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Introduction and Answers to Quizzes. Illustrated with black-and-white illustrations, tables and charts. "It's not really elementary, my dear Watson, but you can learn it! "It" is Sherlock Holmes's "method," his system for sorting clues from trivia, truth from lies, and guilt from innocence while combining his vast storehouse of knowledge with detailed observation and brilliant deduction. [The book] offers dozens of easy-to-master techniques for doing all that and more. It will show you how to: detect lies; recognize nonverbal clues; improve your concentration; strengthen your memory; listen closely; read faster; keep an open-and agile-mind; trust your intuition; think laterally; learn from mistakes. Overflowing with quotes from and references to the entire Holmes canon so you can see the "method" in action, plus lots of puzzles, games, and brainteasers so you can try it yourself, How to Think Like Sherlock will give you the most fun you've ever had learning new skills." - from the rear outer jacket "You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear." So said Sherlock Holmes to Watson, and it applies to the rest of us as well. We all need to build our powers of observation, memory, reasoning, and deduction. Using examples from Holmes's adventures, plus lots of brain-stretching, logic-challenging, memory-expanding exercises, [the book] will help you develop your mental abilities to their full capacity. "Observation" involves listening as well as seeing. And, though it may seem counterintuitive, listening is especially difficult when we're in a conversation. Most of us tend to be more interested in being heard than hearing. So consider these tips for pricking up your ears: Ask question. That encourages the other person to explain more carefully. Don't interrupt - even to agree with the other person. Absorbing what the other person is saying while speaking yourself is very difficult. Focus on the speaker. That sounds obvious. But how often have you been introduced to someone only to forget his name a moment later? Avoid distractions. Don't converse in front of the TV, and keep eye contact with the speaker. And to sharpen your powers of logic, the book provides dozens of fun exercises and puzzles, such as: A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender goes to pour one when she suddenly turns to the customer and screams. The customer thanks her and leaves. Why? A man is suspected of stealing from a company he's just visited. The police stop him and find nothing incriminating on him or in the van he's driving. But they still arrest him. Why? A child wakes up and sees some coal, a carrot, and a scarf on the lawn. He starts to cry. When his mother asks why, he says, "It's Bobby." What's happened? You'll find the answers to these and much, much more inside as you learn to think like Sherlock!" - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How To Think Like Sherlock: Improve YOUR Powers of Observation, Memory, and Deduction
• Publisher: MJF Books in arrangement withy Michael O'Mara Books Limited, New York
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine