What Do YOU Think?: How to agree to disagree and still be friends

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Explore the gray areas in your gray matter with philosophical brainteasers from armchair philosopher and bestselling author of The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, Julian Baggini. The author John Green said it best: "Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood." In the first exercise, "there must be" pops up way to often. Must there be? Must the world or a mind be that simple? Being able to concentrate and focus for long periods is essential to our success and wellbeing. Cal Newport, the author of Deep Work, writes : For example, experiencing the world through the eyes of Harry Potter or Jane Eyre can help us learn to see the world from the perspectives of our families, friends, and coworkers.

What do YOU think? will help young readers to discover what is influencing their ideas, from peer pressure to fake news. They’ll learn how to form and change opinions, and how to debate their views with empathy. Readers will see how debates and disagreements can give you new ideas, stronger friendships, and help change the world for the better. I know you have loads of incredible thoughts and ideas and the world deserves to hear your voice. I want to know… what do you think? The third children’s book by bestselling mindset author and two-time Olympian, Matthew Syed will help readers to find their voice, flex their social superpowers, and speak up with kindness and confidence. Genuinely funny and engaging. There are messages in this book for both adults and children. It’s a must read.” – online customer review

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To replicate that feeling, or to experience it for the first time, all you need to do is find the right books to read. Richard Feynman - Nobel Laureate, teacher and iconic intellect - possessed an unquenchable thirst for an adventure and an unparalleled gift for telling the extraordinary stories of his life. Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was one of this century's most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers. Feynman's other books, also available in Penguin, include QED, Six Easy Pieces, Six Not-so-Easy Pieces, Don't You Have Time to Think, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, What Do You Care What Other People Think? and The Meaning of it All. Read more Details

The third children's book by bestselling mindset author and two-time Olympian, Matthew Syed will help readers to find their voice, flex their social superpowers, and speak up with kindness and confidence.

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All of this new information creates new memories. And every new memory creates synapses or strengthens old ones.

This last effect of reading is perhaps one of the most exciting and interesting: It turns out that the health benefits of reading can help us live longer. What Do YOU Think? Is a positive and empowering toolkit for kids looking to be heard and understood in an increasingly polarized and argumentative world. It will help them (and help parents, carers and educators supporting them) gain the tools they need to navigate a world that’s increasingly at odds and inspire them to form their own opinions and communicate them with confidence and kindness. Going beyond the surface of a subject is essential to success, too. This is probably why the author Roald Dahl once said, "If you are going to get anywhere in life, you have to read a lot of books." The quiz questions in the beginning seemed a bit vague, but I assumed that was to get the reader thinking before answering. Later when assessing my score it seemed they capitalized on the vagueness and left no room for interpretation and was almost like the author makes a biased judgment of your tensions. My understanding of philosophy would be to actually think through your answers and the summaries of your tensions made by the author don’t appear to be very thought through, and rather seem to make straw man arguments. Being titled “Do you think what you think you think?” Doesn’t seem to be a very fitting title. A more fitting title could be “Do you think the way I think you should think” So, the next time you're feeling stressed, remember the benefits of reading for pleasure and let the tension melt away. 9. Improve Your Mental Health

If you agree that sanitation and medicine are good and that homosexuality is not bad, you must have a "tension." For example, a novel requires all of your attention for it to whisk you away to another world. And if you want to learn from a non-fiction book, it requires you to be fully present and engaged. When you read a non-fiction book, you also consume an enormous amount of information on the subject you're reading about. If you don't find either homosexuality or sanitation and medicine wrong, you are conflicted somehow.

The best part? You can get all these benefits of reading books while enjoying some fantastic entertainment. Before I get too far along, I must say that this book should not be read as the "be all, end all" guide to thought analysis. It is simply some basic exercises that must be taken within the context of the goals of the book.Books provide some of the most engaging entertainment on the planet. As the author Stephen King said, "Books are a uniquely portable magic." The upshot? Reading every day can improve your memory –it can help you learn how to store new information and recall memories more effectively. 5. Enjoy Entertainment Another study discovered that reading is the best way to reduce stress – compared to taking a walk, having a cup of tea or coffee, and playing video games. The study found that even six minutes of reading can be enough to reduce stress levels by more than two-thirds. What do YOU think? Will help young readers to discover how debates and disagreements can give them new ideas, stronger friendships, and help change the world for the better.