Thanks for the reading suggestion! Beyond the first chapter, there is very little to engage the reader. Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection, Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It, The Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life, The Marshmallow Test: Why Self-Control Is the Engine of Success, Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships, Cracking the Curiosity Code: The Key to Unlocking Human Potential, Psychology of the Hero Soul: Awaken your inner hero to live your highest life, The Secret to Knowing Yourself: My Meditation Journey, Improve Your Thinking: How to Recognize the Dangerous Tendencies of Your Mind. CNET sought out our own curiosity conversation with Grazer and asked him what he's learned. It’s also a means of overcoming fear, and Grazer writes, “It never lets you down.” In fact, according to Grazer, curiosity motivates discovery. I do find it’s easier to relate to people when you become curious about them and ask questions. He met with technology experts—Steve Jobs and later Tim Cook, who is currently the CEO of Apple Inc.—but understands that the knowledge afforded him through his curiosity extends beyond smart phones and tablets. Please try again. "Castro," Grazer says, "loved the hair.". Overall it is an easy read and definitely worth it. The wisdom and grace of the years reveal themselves in Grazer’s chatty but intimate style. His son Riley was only 7 years old when he was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and, in the nearly two decades since, Grazer has worked continuously to “connect him to the world.” That effort combined with his curiosity indirectly led him to produce the Academy Award-winning film A Beautiful Mind. Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2015. What makes you curious, it turns out, can also make you stronger.”, “Grazer knows that curiosity doesn’t merely kill the cat, it morphs it into a roaring lion worthy of a Hollywood logo — in this case, a cool cat with a wild, spiky mane after a career of petting his projects against the grain.”, "It'll encourage you and your partner to engage in novel conversations. However, I think if you are someone who loves learning about people, especially movie producers, then I think you could find a lot of value in A Curious Mind. Tell us what you like and we'll recommend books you'll love. What he learned from all those talks is that instead of focusing solely on innovation and creativity, we should invest more in our natural curiosity and work to disrupt our point of view. Master Your Thinking: A Practical Guide to Align Yourself with Reality and Achieve ... A Radical Approach to the Akashic Records: Master Your Life and Raise Your Vibration.

Learn how to get in touch with your and follow your instincts to make every moment count. Grazer was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and is the cofounder of Imagine Entertainment along with his longtime partner, Ron Howard. ", “Grazer’s book is conversational, funny and inspiring. If you decide to look him up I hope you enjoy it .

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The appeal of A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life ultimately has as much to with who Brian Grazer isn’t as with who he is. So when that's all living inside some other person, I benefit from the experience and I benefit from trying to just get a glimpse into why they have such a different point of view. ― Brian Grazer, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. It’s a way of changing it.”. This book is basically story after story of the people he’s met and the conversations he’s had with them, as well as his overall life approach of using curiosity as a means to get you in the door and to discover new movie ideas. When you're an award-winning Hollywood producer, people do everything they can to get a meeting with you. Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2019. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Grazer isn’t a psychologist or a scholar, and he never formally studied curiosity. Will have to check it out. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. “WE ARE ALL TRAPPED in our own way of thinking, trapped in our own way of relating to people. Essential Habits: Actions, strategies and directives to take your life to the next ... How to Simplify Your Life: Change Your Mind for Better Now and Happier Tomorrow (Su... You Can Trust God to Write Your Story: Embracing the Mysteries of Providence, Brian Grazer is an Oscar-winning producer and, Puke & Rally: It's Not About The Setback, It's About The Comeback, The Mystery of Knowing Journal: A writing odyssey to be true to who you are, Change your story, change your life: Become the best version of yourself, Creating Space to Thrive: Get Unstuck, Reboot Your Creativity and Change Your Life. Thanks so much for reading the review and sharing your thoughts , I’ve never heard of him, so I will have to look him up. ©2015 Brian Grazer (P)2015 Simon & Schuster. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. full terms and conditions and this month's choices, Business & Economics > Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Biography & Autobiography > Entertainment & Performing Arts, Why Curiosity at Work is Important for Success, 7 Books to Read After Graduation (No Quizzes, I Promise), Movie Producer Brian Grazer on How Curiosity Fuels Inspiration, 12 Books to Read at the Start of a New Administration, 15 Life-Changing Books to Invigorate Your New Year, 11 Books to Help You Reinvent Yourself This Spring, Publisher: Simon & Schuster (April 26, 2016). On why curiosity conversations take courage: It's about living in discomfort. I can't remember the last book I put down before finishing, but, alas, this one met that fate. Like what you see?

I do think he used the word ‘curiosity’ too many times, it got a little annoying.

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Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Here are a few of the things he shared. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. $26.99 ISBN You would think Grazer, being in the movie industry knows about the difference between show and tell. I didn’t realize it when I picked it up, but Brian Grazer is a movie producer, responsible for a lot of great movies that we’ve all seen and love. His conversation with Edward Teller, a theoretical physicist, who helped develop the first atomic bomb, didn’t go particularly well. It is born of long and deep life experience and a thousand profound conversations with equally inquisitive, passionate and … They include Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, boxing champion Muhammad Ali, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, scientist Jonas Salk, astronomer Carl Sagan, and musicians Michael Jackson, Beyoncé and Gwen Stefani. Their effort is less a depiction of Grazer’s career achievements—though the book is filled with moviemaking anecdotes—and more “a working portrait of curiosity itself.”. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Ask Alexa to read your book with Audible integration or text-to-speech. Curiosity is a learning process. I feel ripped off. Occasionally there was a spark, but rather than nurture it the author snuffed in out with the umpteenth reiteration of the importance of curiosity. So I was OK with a short meeting because I knew I couldn't keep up with this guy. For decades film and TV producer Brian Grazer has scheduled a weekly "curiosity conversation" with an accomplished stranger. It was right about the time I had decided to add more non-fiction to my reading list, and I really liked the title. There was also the time he flew cross-country to meet with science fiction author Isaac Asimov only to be left sitting alone when, 10 minutes into the conversation, Asimov’s wife Janet proclaimed, “You clearly don’t know my husband’s work well enough to have this conversation.”. Grazer has spent most of his life exploring curiosity through what he terms “curiosity conversations” with some of the most interesting people in the world, including spies, royals, scientists, politicians, moguls, Nobel laureates, artists…anyone whose story might broaden his worldview. Must redeem within 90 days. I realized that "the sex" really came from middle space and that middle space was often the emotional takeaway that's unanticipated and isn't available on the Internet.

You don't have to try to become a movie producer. A Curious Mind is a window on Brian Grazer's restless, relentless, remarkable imagination. It was declarative sentences.

This book is as shallow as Hollywood cut-outs. View quotationremarks’s profile on Facebook, View malissagreenwood’s profile on LinkedIn, View 103956266092352650775’s profile on Google+, The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, a review, A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight, a review, How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper, a review, Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin, a review. Any one of these people that you're meeting is an expert in a world and with a vocabulary that's completely different than yours -- certainly Isaac Asimov is proof of that.

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2015. Are you sure you have this under control? You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Summary. Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company. It was very absolute. It's about living outside of your comfort zone. Thank you for signing up, fellow book lover! •