Ozan Varol

Named a "must read" by Susan Cain, "endlessly fascinating" by Daniel Pink, and "bursting with practical insights" by Adam Grant. A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will empower you to turn the seemingly impossible into the possible. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets. Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one. In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage. Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.

Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Escape Conformity, Ignite Creativity, and Become Extraordinary

Awaken Your Genius

A rare handful of leaders, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs seem to have Teflon in their heads. They think and act with genuine independence, offering up ideas and insights direct from the subtle workings of their own minds. No matter how far that might take them from their social or political group. We sometimes call these people geniuses, as if they're another breed. But genius doesn't have to belong to just a few people-it can be cultivated. Great thinkers operate unconstrained by the opinions of others-or their own past opinions. They can act on new information regardless of the beliefs they once held, or identities they once adopted. They distinguish fact from manipulation. And just as importantly, they act first instead of reacting-creating new ideas and opportunities for themselves and others. This is a book for aspiring universe-denters: executives and entrepreneurs, activists and artists, individuals who want to escape groupthink, discard obsolete and harmful beliefs, generate breakthrough ideas, spot hidden opportunities, and flourish in a world of ever-increasing manipulation, change, and challenge. In short, it's a book for geniuses.

Was haben Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein und viele Raketenwissenschaftler gemeinsam? Sie haben alte, ausgetretene Pfade verlassen, es gewagt, Sachverhalte völlig neu zu denken, und damit die Welt revolutioniert. Ozan Varol, selbst lange Zeit als Raketenwissenschaftler tätig, will dem Leser diese Erfolg versprechende, so ganz andere Art des Denkens nahebringen. Er beschreibt neun Erfolgsstrategien, die es ermöglichen, Probleme und Herausforderungen – ob im Beruf oder privat – völlig neu anzugehen, Ideen zu entwickeln und kreative Lösungen zu finden, an die bisher noch niemand im Entferntesten gedacht hat. Egal, ob es darum geht, den Traumjob zu bekommen, das eigene Business voranzubringen, eine neue Fähigkeit zu erlernen oder etwas gänzlich Neues zu schaffen: Varol gibt Ihnen mit "Boost" die nötigen Werkzeuge an die Hand, um erfolgreich durchzustarten.

Wissenschaftlich erprobte Strategien für gigantische Fortschritte in Beruf und Privatleben

Boost - Denken wie Elon Musk und Co

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Unlock your originality and unleash your unique talents with this simple guide from the acclaimed author of Think Like a Rocket Scientist. We say some people march to the beat of a different drummer. But implicit in this cliché is that the rest of us march to the same beat. We sleepwalk through life, find ourselves on well-worn paths that were never ours to walk, and become a silent extra in someone else’s story. Extraordinary people carve their own paths as leaders and creators. They think and act with genuine independence. They stand out from the crowd because they embody their own shape and color. We call these people geniuses—as if they’re another breed. But genius isn’t for a special few. It can be cultivated. This book will show you how. You’ll learn how to discard what no longer serves you and discover your first principles—the qualities that make up your genius. You’ll be equipped to escape your intellectual prisons and generate original insights from your own depths. You’ll discover how to look where others don’t look and see what others don’t see. You’ll give birth to your genius, the universe-denter you were meant to be.

Tú eres más inteligente de lo que crees. Basándose en el enfoque mental que caracteriza a los científicos espaciales, en este libro, accesible y práctico, Ozan Varol revela nueve estrategias sencillas que podrás utilizar para lograr dar el poderoso impulso que buscas. La ciencia espacial suele considerarse el logro destacado de la tecnología. Pero es más bien la culminación de un determinado enfoque, una forma de imaginar lo inimaginable y de resolver lo irresoluble. En este libro, un ex ingeniero espacial desvela los hábitos, las ideas y las estrategias que te permitirán convertir lo aparentemente imposible en posible. Con su lectura aprenderás: Las barreras invisibles que limitan tu pensamiento (y qué hacer al respecto). La palabra que puedes utilizar para potenciar tu creatividad. Qué es lo primero que debes hacer al afrontar un objetivo audaz. Por qué no hacer "nada" es más valioso de lo que crees.

Nueve estrategias sencillas para tener éxito en el trabajo y en la vida

Piensa como un científico espacial

Um ex-cientista de foguetes revela hábitos, ideias e estratégias que lhe darão os meios para transformar em possível o que parece impossível. A ciência de foguetes costuma ser aclamada como o maior triunfo da tecnologia. Mas não é bem assim. Na verdade, ela é o ápice de certo processo de pensamento — uma maneira de imaginar o inimaginável e resolver o irresolúvel. Esse foi o mesmo processo mental que permitiu que Neil Armstrong desse seu grande salto pela humanidade, que possibilitou que naves espaciais viajassem milhões de quilômetros através do espaço sideral e aterrissassem no lugar preciso, e que fez com que chegássemos mais perto de colonizar outros planetas. Felizmente, você não precisa ser um cientista de foguetes para pensar como um. Neste livro prático e acessível, Ozan Varol revela nove estratégias simples da ciência de foguetes que você pode usar para dar grandes saltos no seu trabalho e na sua vida — sejam eles aterrissar no seu trabalho dos sonhos, acelerar seu negócio, aprender uma nova habilidade ou criar o próximo produto revolucionário. Pense como um Cientista de Foguetes vai inspirá-lo a realizar seus próprios moonshots e a decolar. "Quando os riscos são altos e amedrontadores, e os problemas parecem intransponíveis, precisamos de um super-herói — o que quer dizer que precisamos de Ozan Varol. Ele mostra como desenvolver as habilidades cognitivas de um cientista de foguetes. E, quando terminar de ler seu livro infinitamente fascinante, seus pensamentos serão maiores, melhores e mais ousados." —Daniel H. Pink, autor de Quando, Motivação 3.0 e A "Nova Inteligência, best-sellers do New York Times Somos mais espertos do que imaginamos. Ozan Varol apresenta argumentos convincentes para que cada um de nós suba de nível e contribua de uma maneira que, até então, achávamos não ser possível." —Seth Godin, autor de Isso É Marketing, best-seller do New York Times "Não é apenas uma leitura cativante — ela está cheia de pensamentos práticos. A obra, que foi um marco na carreira de Varol, pode mudar a forma como abordamos problemas. Houston, este livro tem soluções." —Adam Grant, autor de Originais e Dar e Receber, best-sellers do New York Times, e apresentador de WorkLife, podcast da TED

Estratégias simples para dar grandes saltos no seu trabalho e na sua vida

Pense como um cientista de foguetes

Ozan O. Varol

The term coup d'�tat--French for stroke of the state--brings to mind coups staged by power-hungry generals who overthrow the existing regime, not to democratize, but to concentrate power in their own hands as dictators. We assume all coups look the same, smell the same, and present the same threats to democracy. It's a powerful, concise, and self-reinforcing idea. It's also wrong. In The Democratic Coup d'�tat, Ozan Varol advances a simple, yet controversial, argument: Sometimes, a democracy is established through a military coup. Covering events from the Athenian Navy's stance in 411 B.C. against a tyrannical home government, to coups in the American colonies that ousted corrupt British governors, to twentieth-century coups that toppled dictators and established democracy in countries as diverse as Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, and Colombia, the book takes the reader on a gripping journey. Connecting the dots between these neglected events, Varol weaves a balanced narrative that challenges everything we thought we knew about military coups. In so doing, he tackles several baffling questions: How can an event as undemocratic as a military coup lead to democracy? Why would imposing generals-armed with tanks and guns and all-voluntarily surrender power to civilian politicians? What distinguishes militaries that help build democracies from those that destroy them? Varol's arguments made headlines across the globe in major media outlets and were cited critically in a public speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Written for a general audience, this book will entertain, challenge, and provoke, but more importantly, serve as a reminder of the imperative to question the standard narratives about our world and engage with all ideas, no matter how controversial.

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