This latest by Naisbitt (Megatrends) identifies various mind-sets that will enable readers to prepare for the future and understand the global changes that are underway. He shares the values and rules he has developed to discipline his own mind and to filter information, illustrating that it's how we receive information that moves us forward or holds us back.

In Part 1, "Mind Sets," readers learn how using mind-sets like "Understand how powerful it is not to have to be right," "Don’t add unless you subtract," and "Don’t get so far ahead of the parade that they don’t know you’re in it" can organize, instruct, and transform their lives, personally and professionally.

Part 2, "Pictures of the Future," deals with major trends and global shifts, e.g., where Europe is headed and what may be the Next Big Thing as hyped by the media. The key that Naisbitt is offering here is awareness. Once readers are aware of their limitations, imposed by a lifetime of repetition and culturally inherited mind-sets, they can use the author’s mind-sets to open themselves to the future. Business collections will want to add. © 2006 Reed Business Information.