num_pages: 368
description: 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.
language: English
title: Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
publisher: PublicAffairs