Book
Messy : the power of disorder to transform our lives / Tim Harford.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594634796 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 294 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Creative ability. Orderliness > Psychological aspects. Resilience (Personality trait) |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 153.35 Har | 31681010028611 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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From the award-winning columnist and author of the national best-sellerThe Undercover Economist comes a provocative big idea book about the genuine benefits of being messyùat home, at work, in the classroom and beyond. - Penguin Putnam
âUtterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world.â âAdam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
âEngrossing.â âNew York Times
From the award-winning columnist and author of the national bestseller The Undercover Economist comes a provocative big idea book about the genuine benefits of being messy: at home, at work, in the classroom, and beyond.
Look out for Tim's next book, Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy.
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives celebrates the benefits that messiness has in our lives: why itâs important, why we resist it, and why we should embrace it instead. Using research from neuroscience, psychology, social science, as well as captivating examples of real people doing extraordinary things, Tim Harford explains that the human qualities we value â creativity, responsiveness, resilience â are integral to the disorder, confusion, and disarray that produce them.
From the music studio of Brian Eno to the Lincoln Memorial with Martin Luther King, Jr., from the board room to the classroom, messiness lies at the core of how we innovate, how we achieve, how we reach each other â in short, how we succeed.
In Messy, youâll learn about the unexpected connections between creativity and mess; understand why unexpected changes of plans, unfamiliar people, and unforeseen events can help generate new ideas and opportunities as they make you anxious and angry; and come to appreciate that the human inclination for tidiness â in our personal and professional lives, online, even in childrenâs play â can mask deep and debilitating fragility that keep us from innovation.
Stimulating and readable as it points exciting ways forward, Messy is an insightful exploration of the real advantages of mess in our lives.
