A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life
From Academy
Award–winning producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed business journalist
Charles Fishman comes the New York Times bestselling, brilliantly
entertaining peek into the weekly “curiosity conversations” that have
inspired Grazer to create some of America’s favorite and iconic movies
and television shows—from 24 to A Beautiful Mind.
For decades,
film and TV producer Brian Grazer has scheduled a weekly “curiosity
conversation” with an accomplished stranger. From scientists to spies,
and adventurers to business leaders, Grazer has met with anyone willing
to answer his questions for a few hours. These informal discussions
sparked the creative inspiration behind many of Grazer’s movies and TV
shows, including Splash, 24, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Arrested
Development, 8 Mile, J. Edgar, Empire, and many others.
A Curious
Mind is a brilliantly entertaining, fascinating, and inspiring homage
to the power of inquisitiveness and the ways in which it deepens and
improves us. Whether you’re looking to improve your management style at
work or you want to become a better romantic partner, this book—and its
lessons on the power of curiosity—can change your life.
Reviews
"A Curious Mind is a window on Brian Grazer's
restless, relentless, remarkable imagination. It is a captivating
account of how the simple act of asking questions can change your life."
(Malcolm Gladwell Bestselling Author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath)
“I
love Brian Grazer’s soulful message about the power of curiosity. He
inspires, entertains, and shows how we can use curiosity to tap into the
power of wonder and wisdom we are all born with.” (Arianna Huffington Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post and Author of Thrive)
“Curiosity
leads to insights and fuels the creative process – and nobody knows
more about curiosity than Brian Grazer. In his delightful book, A Curious Mind, we get to see that curiously creative process in action.” (Dick Costolo CEO of Twitter)
"An excellent and very important discussion of economics... Readers would be wise to buy Grazer’s brilliant book." (John Tammy Forbes)
“The greatest of all graduation speeches.” (Chris Matthews Hardball with Chris Matthews)
“A Curious Mind
is not a classic autobiography but a rumination on how one trait,
curiosity, reinforced by a readiness to pay attention and then to act,
has forged such a remarkable career.... It’s like spending a couple of
hours in the bar of a Hollywood hotel with an amusing raconteur.” (The Wall Street Journal)
“If
you feel stuck in your business or career, or if your company is
failing to stay ahead of its competition, perhaps Grazer’s method of
“curiosity conversations” might provide the spark you need to ignite
your best ideas.” (Forbes)
“In A Curious Mind,
Brian Grazer not only captures the essence and the potential of a great,
curious mind, but he provides a wonderful perspective on what curiosity
has meant to him and how it shaped his long and very successful career.
As a close friend, I've had a front row seat to Brian's curious mind,
and the energy his curiosity generates is infectious and thoroughly
enjoyable to observe and experience.” (Bob Iger Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company)
“As Brian’s friend and partner, while reading A Curious Mind
I was returned to many key turning points in our movies and TV shows
that were inspired by experiences he gained on his unique quest for
understanding. I also learned a hell of a lot that I didn’t actually
know, even after thirty years. How is that possible? Well, Brian is a
hell of a storyteller.” (Ron Howard Chairman of Imagine Entertainment and Academy Award-Winning Director)
“To
read a book written by one of the most creative and high quality human
beings talking about his love affair with curiosity and how it can help
you to have a more rewarding life is a real privilege.” (Robert K. Kraft
Owner of the Kraft Group/New England Patriots)
Brian Grazer
Brian Grazer is the Academy Award–winning producer of
A Beautiful Mind,
Apollo 13,
Splash,
Arrested Development,
24,
8 Mile,
J. Edgar,
Empire,
and many more. His films and TV shows have been nominated for
forty-three Academy Awards and 131 Emmys. In 2007, he was named one of
Time’s
100 Most Influential People in the World.
Academy Award®-winning producer and NYT bestselling author Brian
Grazer has been making movies and television programs for more than 25
years. Grazer’s films and TV shows have been nominated for a total of 43
Oscars® and 158 Emmys. His films and television shows have generated
over $13.5 billion worldwide. Grazer has been personally nominated for
four Academy Awards®, and in 2002 he won the Best Picture Oscar® for A Beautiful Mind.
Other film credits include
Get On Up, Rush, J. Edgar,
Frost/Nixon, American Gangster, The Da Vinci Code, 8 Mile, Apollo 13,
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Liar Liar, Backdraft, and
Parenthood. Grazer’s television productions include Fox’s breakout hit
Empire, and Emmy award winning series
24 and
Arrested Development; NatGeo’s
Breakthrough series; and NBC’s
Parenthood and
Friday Night Lights. Grazer also produced the
84th Annual Academy Awards show for ABC.
Grazer and his longtime friend and business partner Ron Howard began their collaboration in 1985 on the hit comedies
Nightshift and
Splash and in 1986 they founded Imagine Entertainment.
http://www.grazeriscurious.com/
Charles Fishman
As a reporter, Charles Fishman has tried to get inside organizations, both familiar and secret, and explain how they work. In
the course of reporting about water to write The Big Thirst, Fishman
has stood at the bottom of a half-million-gallon sewage tank, sampled
water directly from the springs in San Pellegrino, Italy, and Poland
Spring, Maine, and carried water on his head for 3 km with a group of
Indian villagers.
Fishman’s previous book, the New York Times
bestseller The Wal-Mart Effect, was the first to crack open Wal-Mart’s
wall of secrecy, and has become the standard for understanding
Wal-Mart’s impact on our economy and on how we live. The Economist named
it a “book of the year.”
Fishman is a former metro and national
reporter for the Washington Post, and was a reporter and editor at the
Orlando Sentinel and the News & Observer in Raleigh, NC. Since 1996,
he has worked for the innovative business magazine Fast Company.
Fishman has won numerous awards, including three times receiving UCLA’s
Gerald Loeb Award, the most prestigious award in business journalism.
Fishman
grew up in Miami, Florida, and went to Harvard. He lives outside
Philadelphia with his wife, also a journalist, their two children, their
two Labradors, and their two parakeets. He likes his water from the
refrigerator spigot, with ice, or splashing across the bow of a Sunfish.
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