A Curious Mind : The Secret to a Bigger Life (CD-Audio)

from debnance

I dashed through A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. The author is a quite-famous producer of movies (including Splash and Apollo 13). The secret of his success, he reveals, is his explorations of things he is curious about. And that's the whole book. Lots of little stories about his int...

from Writermala

It was the title of the book that drew me to it; and in that sense it was a disappointment. Grazer talks extensively about his propensity to ask questions and how it served him in his career and perhaps even in his life. I'm not so sure the strategies mentioned will work for others. The book star...

from marsap

Interesting at first--but became a little repetitive. I had the feeling this would have been a great long form essay rather than a full book.

from Cataloger623

A book on curiosity that acts as biography for the author. There are no studies presented, just a series of anecdotes. That said if the book encourages you to investigate something you would have not normally done then Grazer will have accomplished his mission. Grazer believes that curiosity can ...

from nneylon

I received a copy of "A Curious Mind" by Brian Grazer, through the Goodreads First Reads program. This was a three hour read but well worth the time. Based on the premise that curiosity is both an undervalued trait and a key to his personal success, Grazer details his personal history of "curiosi...