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In the international best seller The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do. In Smarter Faster Better, he applies the same relentless curiosity, rigorous reporting and rich storytelling to explain how we can get better at the things we do. The result is a groundbreaking exploration of the science of productivity.

Best Books of 2024, The Economist From the codebreakers and problem solvers, to the engineers, mathematicians and other problem-solvers – what the secret world can teach us about performance and creativity How do you hire smart people who can work together to prevent terrorist attacks and...

Popular creative coach Gail McMeekin, author of the best-selling The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women, offers a wealth of advice for the specific challenges creative women face today: thinking too small, underestimating the need for change, fearing the future, and lacking self-confidence. McMeekin combines interviews with some of today’s most successful women and her own proven success strategies to help readers transcend their “blocks” and achieve success.

Qu'est-ce qui fait que nous viennent, dans certaines circonstances, de nouvelles idées, pour développer ou recentrer nos stratégies, et pour rendre notre quotidien plus intéressant ? Vous avez certainement remarqué que certains problèmes, que nous avions laissés en plan, se voient soudainement résolus. Comment vous mettre dans cet état créatif et inspiré? Comment faire en sorte d'avoir spontanément les bonnes idées et les solutions ?

2016 Audie Award Finalist for Business/Personal Development #1 New York Times bestselling author and Oscar–winning producer Brian Grazer has written a brilliantly entertaining and eye-opening exploration of curiosity and the life-changing effects it can have on every person’s life. From...

Everyone has a story, and helping people tell their stories has been Nancy Slonim Aronie’s life mission. Building on her acclaimed Memoir as Medicine, this new guide tackles the short personal essay. With warmth and humor, Nancy provides prompts, inspiration, and hard-won wisdom to empower you to write an unforgettable narrative. You’ll learn to begin with an irresistible hook (“kill ’em with the first line”) and employ compelling direct quotes, drama, vulnerability, universal themes, and self-reflection to get readers into your corner.

In the multi-award-winning Structuring Your Novel, Weiland showed writers how to use a strong three-act structure to build a story with the greatest possible impact on readers. Now, it’s time to take that knowledge to the next level.

Written by the creator of MacGyver, The MacGyver Secret book details everything you need to experience breakthroughs in your creative problem solving. It teaches you the three simple steps to connect with your Inner MacGyver, guides you through the science by co-author Colleen Seifert, PhD of why it works so well, shares tips about how to apply it in both personal and work situations, and gives you real world examples of how people like you are using it every day. It's a radical new approach to creative problem solving!

Drawing from neurobiology and social psychology, The Secret Mind presents dreaming as a practice for both personal and global development. With Buckner's simple tools and exercises, a more beautiful, creative world is just a dream away.

Are you tired of writing intermittently? Would you like to install a lifelong writing habit, one that gets your butt in the chair every single day? Then this is the book for you. Lifelong Writing Habit draws on well-tested neuroscience to help you install a daily writing habit that will endure for life. It contains a simple-to-understand system, with actionable steps at the end of every chapter.

Would you have the patience and drive to change your mind state, music production techniques, and health habits to sustain this highly demanding way of life? This step-by-step guide to music composer lifestyle design teaches how J.T. went from a six-figure job in a Fortune 500 company to composing music full-time, almost doubling his revenues within the first two years; how to compose, sound, and live like the pros; how to monetize every second spent in front of your equipment, making sounds and songs; and more.

Leonardo da Vinci was searching for a way out of poverty when he started designing, tinkering, thinking, and training himself. He still sets the example hundreds of years later for how to be a genius. How to be the thinker that can excel in any environment. Leonardo da Vinci's Mental Models is a book about the various tools da Vinci used to help fuel the Italian Renaissance. He had a hand in everything, from weapons design, engineering, anatomy and physiology, art, and of course painting. Learn about this paragon of the brain and how to harness the techniques he used daily.

Em O Livro Secreto do Escritor, você será convidado a: mergulhar nos bastidores da literatura ao marketing digital; fazer exercícios para traçar sua personalidade na escrita e marca pessoal; entender como funciona a lista dos mais vendidos; todas as etapas da produção de um livro, leitura crítica, direito autoral, caminhos da publicação e como distribuir e divulgar o livro no Brasil e no exterior.

How to Be Fearless is your guide to a whole new way of thinking. A paradigm shift so far only mastered by the top 1 percent of society. The knowledge in this book is considered so profound that it will affect every aspect of your life, from your career to your relationships, health, and happiness. Fear is only the graffiti scribbled on the outer walls of your comfort zone. Most people read it and turn back to safety; a handful ignore it and start running toward the wall instead of away from it.

The art of telling stories has been around as long as humans. And in today's noisy, techy, automated world, storytelling is not only prevalent―it's vital. Whether you're interested in enlivening verbal communication, building your business brand, making presentations, sharing family wisdom, or performing on stage, Story Power shows you how to make use of a good story.

Reclaim your house and space. Gain motivation and restore your willpower. Reset your mind and change your habits. For this audiobook, resetting your mind is the action of taking a look at previous habits and lifestyle choices and deciding if these are ways you want to continue thinking. Take a moment to identify - and be okay acknowledging - existing and ingrained negative associations and mental habits. This could be something as easy as allowing one small adverse action to influence your entire day. Define your goals and set yourself up for success.

In today's world, many are suffering from information overload and are re-thinking the consequences of "over-sharing". The Secret Life is a helpful guide to leading a quietly powerful life - one that can lead to greater personal effectiveness, satisfaction, and success. The concepts that originated with Maimonides - one of history's greatest philosophers - demonstrate the benefits of living a more private life. The result is an antidote to the depression, finger-pointing, divisiveness, unhappiness, and inefficiency that many of us would like to change in ourselves and in the world.

Creative visualization is a process in which a person uses positive thoughts and expectations to bring about the fulfillment of desired goals or ambition. This process uses the concept of positive thinking and involves the use of all the senses - sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. It is a powerful tool that communicates a person's confidence and creates an impact to a person's internal and external environments.

The world is full of creative people. So why do some get their ideas out in the world while others don't? Why are some incredibly prolific while others struggle with deadlines or can't complete projects? In this book, Jason F. McLennan—a master in "getting stuff done"—shares secrets to boosting productivity, innovation, and personal success.

There is an invisible talisman (mental attitude) that has two amazing powers: It has the power to draw in wealth, success, happiness, and wellness; and it has the power to drive back these things - to rob you of all that makes life worth living. It's the first of these powers that lets a few people climb to the top and remain there. It's the second that keeps others at the bottom all their lives.