Flip Thinking, Berthold Gunster
Flip Thinking, Berthold Gunster
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Flip Thinking
The Life-Changing Art of Turning Problems into Opportunities

Author: Berthold Gunster

Narrator: Boris Hiestand

Unabridged: 7 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2023


Synopsis

“Transformative.”—Greg McKeown, New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism and Effortless

Change your mindset from problem-focused (“yes, but”) to opportunistic (“yes, and”) using omdenken, the Dutch art of flip thinking—from the bestselling author and founder of the omdenken philosophy.

Imagine this: You’ve got a great idea, and all you hear are the yes-buts.

“Yes, but that’s been tried before, and it didn’t work.”
“Yes, but shouldn’t we just let it sit for a while?”
“Yes, but what if it doesn’t work?”

Published in English for the first time, this international bestseller introduces the power of omdenken—or flip thinking—to transform stuck-in-the-mud, pessimistic thought into an inventive, curious mindset, so you can stop saying “yes, but” to life, and start saying “yes, and.”

In this riveting book, Berthold Gunster presents fifteen strategies to transform your thoughts away from limitations and negativities and towards possibilities and opportunities. From disrupting (turn all the rules upside down) to flaunting (play up what you want to hide), from importing (get the enemy on board) to amplifying (do more of what works), Gunster’s strategies and stories will have you approaching even the most challenging problems—whether an annoying neighbor or an angry colleague or an unhappy partner—in a whole new way.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Colleen

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. "Flip Thinking: The Life-Changing Art of Turning Problems into Opportunities" describes the ways in which we can be stuck in our everyday routines and suggests ways in which we can turn our "yes, but" into "yes, and". Berthold Gunster outlines 15 ways......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

Hi, I hope all is progressing well. Flip Thinking: The Life-Changing Art of Turning Problems into Opportunities by Berthold Gunster is like a self-help book functioning as an efficacious diagram of stratagems. When perusing an Internom pop-up shop, I decide to buy then read the text due to a branching......more

Goodreads review by Vincent

I really enjoyed parts of this book and then other parts, not so much. I think the part 1 of the book is great. It presents some ideas in some really key ways which I found original and well-explained. Perhaps even more helpful, Part 1 gives some helpful steps to think about 'problems' and how to br......more

Goodreads review by Swapna

Flip thinking is a mindset that encourages us to view problems as opportunities for growth, learning, or experimentation. This approach is based on the idea that we can reframe problems as opportunities and find creative solutions by looking at them from a different perspective. Ebury Edge's book, "......more

L'approche de l'auteur consiste à avancer que dans toute situation, même celles peu avantageuses voire les défaites, il est possible d'adopter une stratégie pour tirer avantage de la situation afin de parvenir à tirer avantage du contexte. Au total, ce sont 15 stratégies qui sont présentées, regroup......more


Quotes

“Transformative . . . Flip Thinking beautifully illustrates how a person who can turn a negative into a positive can never be defeated.”—Greg McKeown, podcaster and New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism and Effortless