Extraordinary Minds
Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Basic Books
BBB Library: Psychology and Strengths
ISBN: 978-0465021253
Editorial Review
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.
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