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How "Aha!" really happens....When do you get your best ideas? You probably answer "At night" or "In the shower" or "Stuck in traffic". You get a flash of insight. Things come together in your mind. You connect the dots. You say to yourself, "Aha! I see what to do." Brain science now reveals how these flashes of insight happen. It's a special form of intuition. We call it strategic intuition, because it gives you an idea for action - a strategy. This new book by William Duggan is the first full treatment of strategic intuition.

This audiobook is a heartfelt guide to downsize your house and keep it practical and cozy. After returning home from a six-year world journey, Michelle Moore decided to downsize, simplify, and make her house more homely. In the process, she realized the less she had, the more she could value the things that truly matter in life: friendship, family, self-care, and coziness. Improve your focus, concentration, and creativity in an organized environment.

With her trademark humor, enthusiasm, and no-nonsense guidance, #1 New York Times best-selling author of E-Squared Pam Grout invites you on a yearlong "apprenticeship" to recognize and unleash your innate creativity.Making art does not necessarily mean painting a gallery-worthy still life or...

In this specially combined edition with a new foreword, Academy Award–winning producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed author Charles Fishman blend their insights from bestselling books A Curious Mind and Face to Face to transform the art of connecting with and through curiosity. In A Curious Mind...

Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other person in human history has excelled in so many different areas as Da Vinci and he peels back the layers to explore the how and the why.

Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games.

O caminho do artista reúne uma série de exercícios, reflexões e ferramentas para ajudar você a despertar sua criatividade, recuperar a autoconfiança e se livrar dos bloqueios criativos. Organizadas num programa de 12 semanas, essas técnicas vão guiá-lo por uma viagem de autodescoberta, ajudando-o a enfrentar seus medos, crenças e inseguranças – os maiores obstáculos para quem deseja expressar qualquer forma de arte. Com este método, você vai aprender a abandonar as desculpas que o impedem de transformar suas ideias em realidade.

This book accompanies the album Written in Sleep by The Gathering Pool—an experimental project exploring the mysterious space between consciousness and creation. This book dives into the very phenomenon that inspired the music.

Casual and conversational, Hidden Treasures will lead you to a higher awareness of the laws connected to the blessing of temporal abundance. The ideas will astonish you, and you'll feel empowered as they comfort, encourage, and enlighten you on your journey to financial deliverance.

Olivia Chadwick—a young mother and self-critical personal trainer—first met insurance magnate Garnet Morris at 6 am on a winter morning in Saskatoon, Canada. Chadwick's task was to help prepare Morris for the grueling,100-mile Kananaskis relay, but she had reservations—about his coachability as well as her ability to reach him while juggling her own professional, familial and maternal struggles. Through mutual hesitations, their seasons-long training schedule led to profound and unexpected conversations.

Find your creative purpose. Overcoming the barriers to innovation is easier than you think. Marc Silber, best-selling author and award-wining creative and educator shows you how to avoid the traps of procrastination, overthinking, and self-doubt. The exercises in Create are specifically designed to help you find certainty and confidence in self-expression.

An inquiry into the creative process from philosophical, psychological, spiritual, and practical points of view, The Creative Path is a welcoming work on the creative process. Carolyn Schlam encourages the listener to embark upon his or her own journey of discovery, identity, and wonder through art. This inspirational book examines why we make art, and though it makes primary reference to visual art, The Creative Path will resonate with all creative practitioners, whatever their chosen discipline.

Mind Hacking Secrets will take you to the depths of your mind and empower you see and hack the limitless potential hidden inside you.

Art Thinking combines the mind-sets of art and the tools of business to protect space for open-ended exploration and manage risks on your way to success. Art Thinking takes you from "Wouldn't it be cool if...?" to realizing your highest aims, helping you build creative skills you can apply across all facets of business and life. Warm, honest, and unexpected, Art Thinking will help you reimagine your work and life-and even change the world-while enjoying the journey from point A.

Vorwort Ein kleiner Liebesbrief an dich: Warum dieses Buch und warum gerade jetzt. Meine Liebe, dies ist kein gewöhnliches Vorwort. Es ist kein nüchterner Überblick, kein sachlicher Hinweis auf das, was dich in den kommenden Kapiteln erwartet. Nein, es ist ein kleiner Liebesbrief. Ein Brief an dich – ja, genau dich, die jetzt gerade diese Zeilen liest oder hört, vielleicht mit einem neugierigen Herzen, vielleicht mit einem leisen Seufzen, vielleicht mit dem Gefühl: Da ist etwas in mir, das mehr will.

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Creativity is the key driver of innovation, but too many teams and projects are organized in ways that stifle new ideas. It's your job as a manager to create the right conditions for creativity to thrive—and to be part of the process yourself.

A designer, educator, and play expert calls for adults to add more fun, exploration, and imagination to their lives “Radiant and essential … this book brings a sense of transcendence. Reading it was not only inspiring; it was joyful.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, NYT bestselling author of Big...

More than just a guide, Becoming Unstoppable is an invitation to rise above the ordinary, to challenge the status quo, and to live the life you were meant to lead.

Visit a realm in which time and space have no meaning-the astral realm. Written for beginners, this friendly guide presents step-by-step instructions for six easy and effective astral projection techniques.