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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...

In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs experienced a series of bereavements. As she grieved, she kept busy by day, but at night sleep eluded her. And yet her sleeplessness led to a profound and unexpected discovery: her Night Self. As the night transformed into a place of creativity and liberation, Annabel found she wasn't alone. From the radical fifteenth-century philosopher Laura Cereta and subversive artist Louise Bourgeois, to Virginia Woolf and the activist Peace Pilgrim, women have long found sanctuary, inspiration and courage in darkness.

The Complete Art of World Building brings together volumes one through three in The Art of World Building series. This how-to guide will make listeners a master of inventing imaginary worlds and help a setting stand out from the multitude of fantasy and SF worlds audiences see.

The most comprehensive book for freelancers ever written - Packed with proven freelance know-how, including advice from world-class experts like David Allen (Getting Things Done), Adam Grant (Give and Take), Austin Kleon (Show Your Work), and David H. Hansson (Remote: Office Not Required). The...

It’s time to PLAY. Why do we look to the world around us for all the answers and validation? When we ignore ourselves and our unique experience, we risk limiting our potential—both for ourselves and for the world. OVERRIDE! is an invitation to see a world of possibilities we’ve never considered through reflective prompts, mindset shifts, creative exercises, and strategies for action. In order to override, new action is required to have a different outcome. What if there was another way?

Creativity is no longer optional. It is fast becoming the defining human advantage. As artificial intelligence reshapes every industry, one human capability is rising faster than all the others: creativity. Yet most people either don’t believe they have creativity or never take the time to develop it. In SuperCreativity, internationally recognized keynote speaker and AI expert James Taylor explains why the age of the lone genius is over, and why the future belongs to those who know how to collaborate creatively with other people and with artificial intelligence.

Are your negative thoughts affecting your emotional well-being? Is negative thinking hindering your personal growth and preventing you from achieving your goals? If you have answered “yes” to either of these questions, fear not, because this book will provide you with the tools you need to take control of your mind so you can start living the abundant life that you deserve. Science proves that we attract what we think. So, if you are continuously having difficulties in your romantic relationships, friendships, or career, what you are experiencing is the manifestation of your negative thoughts.

Seven powerful brain hacks to access high energy thinking in a low energy thinking world, and find greater focus, creativity, productivity and passion - from Harvard and MIT scientist Jeffery Karp. Understanding that switching off or hiding away from the realities of the modern world is not practical, innovative Harvard and MIT scientist Jeffery Karp has found another even more powerful way to access high energy thinking with the help of his seven brain hijacks, or Library of Ignition Tools (LIT), to fire up your brain, focus and achieve your best work.

Making art—giving form to the images that arise in our mind's eye, our dreams, and our everyday lives—is a form of spiritual practice through which knowledge of ourselves can ripen into wisdom. This book offers encouragement for everyone to explore art making in this spirit of self-discovery—plus practical instructions on material, methods, and activities.

Use the mental tools that the world's greatest thinkers used to generate epiphanies, explore the world, and think more clearly. Philosophical and exploratory thinking pushes your boundaries and opens new worlds. Improve critical thinking by applying it in innovative and novel ways. Learn to thrive in uncertain situations and contemplate more thoroughly and deeply. Intrigue, fascinate, and challenge yourself with thought experiments - and see your thinking prowess grow exponentially.

This is the only book that EST/Werner Erhard tried to stop in a US Federal Court. The suit failed, and the title rocketed to the number two slot on the New York Times list, selling more than a million copies! EST has now changed its name to The Landmark Forum, but the message is still the same, and you can get it in this 2011 revised edition at a fraction of the cost for the theatrical experience. The book describes in detail how most people are stuck in the "Fishtank of Effect", and it shows the listener how to move upward, onto the "Cloud of Cause".

Embark on a transformative journey of sonic exploration with this one-of-a-kind audiobook, designed to elevate your mind and enhance your life. More than just a collection of sounds, this is a meticulously crafted auditory experience that optimizes your brain waves for higher performance. Imagine stepping into a realm where creativity flourishes, focus sharpens, memory strengthens, and positivity flows effortlessly.

We are about to enter a new age of creativity that will require a new set of superheroes to help the world thrive. This audiobook will make you one of those creative superheroes by unleashing new creative superpowers to help you solve your biggest business problems. This is the modern skillset for creative problem solving.

A leading depth psychologist offers a practical approach for vastly expanding your creative resources—and discovering for yourself that even the challenges of our time can be overcome by the power of human imagination. If ever there was a time and a place to reconnect with imagination, that...

In The Art Therapy Way: A Self-Care Guide, you will discover how creativity can help you calm anxiety, destress, boost your mood, and more (even if you do not believe that you have a creative bone in your body). Inside you will find therapeutic art prompts, meditations, and process questions to help you tune in to your inner experience and connect with your heart, body, mind, emotions, and spirit.

This quick wit sleep learning resource was designed to assist the listener in gaining self-confidence and social ease; expanding their creative capacity for humor and wit; becoming awake to the moment and to the paradoxes, ironies, discrepancies, and socially repressed honest experiences; and enhancing their abilities to humor themselves and the world around them.

Writing for Bliss is most fundamentally about reflection, truth, and freedom. With techniques and prompts for both the seasoned and novice writer, it will lead you to tap into your creativity through storytelling and poetry, examine how life-changing experiences can inspire writing, pursue self-examination and self-discovery through the written word, and understand how published writers have been transformed by writing.

A “creativity whisperer to the C-Suite” keynote speaker teaches how to harness the power of everyday activities to stress less and be more productive. Natalie Nixon helps corporate leaders achieve transformative business results by applying wonder and rigor to their work. In Move. Think...

Do you want to have great ideas? Do you want to break out of the rut of conventional thinking? Would you like to be a genius? Would presenting brilliant ideas help in your job, career, and social life? How to be a Brilliant Thinker will help you to achieve all these ideals, by helping you to think in powerful new ways. It tells you how to harness techniques in lateral thinking, analytical thinking, problem analysis, idea generation and other areas so that you become much more creative.

No importa sieres un artista gráfico, musical o de óleo, un artista de algún deporte, un escritor, pintor o diseñador...la creatividad se escapa fácilmente de cualquier mente. Sólo necesitas los diez pasos de Austin Kleon para poner en orden desde tu mente hasta tu escritorio y recuperar la creatividad y la confianza en aquello que creas.