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Paul Hansen is one of the world’s leading press photographers, and Sweden’s most decorated. With his virtually unique ability to get close to people and their lives, he has carved out a reputation for classic photo reportage. For the past 20 years, and with Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter as a platform, he has documented many of the world’s flashpoints, with his work always centring on people.
In Megatrends and Megatrends 2000, both number-one bestsellers, authors John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene predicted the shift from an industrial to an informational economy, the booming 1990s and the power of High Tech/ high touch. Today, information technology is a trillion-dollar sector.
In his bestseller, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life, Academy Award-winning producer, Brian Grazer, helped everyone from parents to CEOs to artists to young graduates develop their curiosity into a superpower that would expand their world. Now, he reveals a new secret. Whether you're looking to develop a relationship, build your confidence or win a negotiation: the answer is in the eyes.