Creativity & Genius

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow.

Could you be getting in your way of producing great work? Have you started a project but never finished....

Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships....

Neste audiolivro, Greene examina pesquisas recentes sobre cognição e criatividade, e derruba os mitos da sorte e da genialidade inata, propondo uma maneira radical de examinar a inteligência humana.

Steph Jones uses her professional and lived experiences as a late diagnosed autistic woman and therapist, as well as consulting therapists from across the world and tapping into the autistic community, to create the ultimate autistic survival guide to therapy....

In flow, everyday experience becomes a moment by moment opportunity for joy and self-fulfillment....

How can we create and market creative works that achieve longevity? Holiday explores this mystery by drawing on his extensive experience working with businesses....

At a time when we are all confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our modern lives - identity, technology, trust, politics, and a global pandemic - celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers Smoke Hole to help us understand our world....

The authors of the best-selling Bold and The Rise of Superman explore altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving....

Insights—like Darwin's understanding of the way evolution actually works, and Watson and Crick's breakthrough discoveries about the structure of DNA-can change the world....

Brilliantly compiled and edited, and filled with detail and anecdote, Daily Rituals is irresistible, addictive, magically inspiring....

Best-selling author, artist, and illustrator Lisa Congdon brings her expertise to this guide to the process of artistic self-discovery. Featuring advice from Congdon herself and interviews with a roster of established artists, illustrators, and creatives....

Finish What You Start is a unique deep dive into the psychology and science of accomplishment, productivity, and getting things done. This is a guide to better understanding your brain and instincts for optimal results....

From the best-selling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind comes a surprising - and surprisingly useful - new book that explores the power of selling in our lives....

Ever wonder why you lack motivation with some or all areas of your life? Does it feel like you’re constantly low on energy and you feel lazy all the time? If this sounds like you, then read on....

This influential book based on the highly innovative findings of social psychologist Dr. Ellen J. Langer and her team of researchers at Harvard made its mark for its unique concept of mindfulness....

A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove - inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative life....

From the former director of GCHQ, learn the methodology used by the British intelligence agencies to reach judgements, establish the right level of confidence and act decisively....

Lawyers. Accountants. Software Engineers. That what Mom and Dad encouraged us to become. They were wrong....

What sparks the flash of brilliance? One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on - in exhilarating style - one of our key questions....

Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory....

In this landmark book of 20th-century psychology, D.W. Winnicott shows the listener how, through the attentive nurturing of creativity from the earliest years, every individual has the opportunity to enjoy a rich and rewarding cultural life.

In this book, learn how to master your mind to build mental toughness to focus on the present. We will teach you everything you need to know so as not to compromise your mental health and, on the contrary, improve it and have much better emotional well-being....

In The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn....

What exactly is a work of art? Within the context of this guided trip inside the artist's psyche, Author traces the development of transcendent books, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and other forms of artistic expression.