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The creative process is messy and elusive, right? It doesn't have to be. This book will take you from wild inspiration to polished masterpiece using a three-part proven-effective formula that's helped hundreds of artists from Grammy nominated musicians to world class choreographers.

Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards, world-renowned inventor; Harvard professor of the practice of idea translation; creator of breathable insulin, edible food packaging, and digital scents, reveals that the secret to creating very new things of lasting benefit, including innovations we will need to sustain human life on the planet, lies in perceiving art and science as one.

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.

A design process presents a series of steps, but in real life, it rarely plays out this neatly. Navigating Ambiguity underscores how the creative process isn’t formulaic. This book shows you how to surrender control by being adaptable, curious, and unbiased as well as resourceful, tenacious, and courageous.

This book takes you on a journey of self-discovery. Whether you want to become likeable, win friends, read people instantly, or influence others, this is your step-by-step guide to understanding the complex nature of the human psyche and the many intricacies and labyrinths of the mind. These skills are universal whether you are prospecting romantic relationships, interviewing situations, or spotting deception and stopping it in its tracks.

The intersection of motherhood and creative life is explored in these writings on mothering that turn the spotlight from the child to the mother herself. Here, in memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays, and fiction, mothers describe firsthand the changes brought to their lives by pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering.

One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions - and finds some surprising conclusions.

How to give the perfect interview, never lose your wallet again, how to convince anyone of anything by using your pet frog and why rewards fail. Most people would like to be more motivated. For years, gurus and ‘life coaches’ have urged people to improve their lives by changing the way they think and behave, but scientific research has revealed that many of their techniques, from visualization to self-affirmation, are ineffective.

Much work-based training is a waste of time and money because the majority of people are neither emotionally ready nor practically inclined to apply their learning to the way they behave. Power Up Your Mind offers a new model of learning which will revolutionise the way you learn and perform.

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.

Imagine a life free from self-doubt and limitations, where you boldly embrace your greatness and manifest your dreams. In just minutes a day, you can rewire your mind for unshakable confidence, success, and self-love. As Black women, we carry a legacy of resilience and power. Yet, we often struggle with negative self-talk, generational trauma, and societal pressures. It's time to reclaim our joy, abundance, and self-acceptance.

Why are some of us better than others at committing to a decision? How can we move from indecision and procrastination to smart choices? What are the forces that hold us back and how can we successfully overcome them? The Art of Decision Making explores, analyses and navigates the idea of volition: ''the power to use one's own will in order to make decisions.' By drawing on diverse sources, Joseph Bikart has created a precise map of the intricate paths we take when we move from will to action.

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.

Do you want to learn how to learn absolutely anything as quick as possible? Of course you do, who wouldn't? There's a way to do it, and this book has all the secrets. This book is about learning how to learn. Whether you want to improve your grades at school, or you want to pick up a new subject quickly, this book will detail methods to learn any kind of subject matter lighting fast. Today, it is commonly said that in order to master a subject, you must dedicate a minimum of 10,000 hours, whether it’s to learn a musical instrument, a sport, or to master a video game.

In The Genius Checklist, Dean Keith Simonton examines the key factors in creative genius and finds that they are more than a little contradictory. Simonton, who has studied creativity and genius for more than four decades, draws on both scientific research and stories from the lives of famous creative geniuses that range from Isaac Newton to Vincent van Gogh to Virginia Woolf. Simonton's checklist gives us a new, integrative way to understand geniuses - and perhaps even to nurture your own genius.

What is the best way for a company to innovate? That's exactly the wrong question. The better question: How can organizations get the maximum possible value from their innovation investments? Advice recommending "innovation vacations" and the luxury of failure may be wonderful for organizations with time to spend and money to waste. But this audiobook addresses the innovation priorities of companies that live in the real world of limits. They want fast, frugal, and high-impact innovations.

Embárcate en un extraordinario viaje de transformación y empoderamiento con Triunfa: estimula la creatividad, supera los obstáculos y libera tu potencial. En este libro cautivador, explorará el reino ilimitado de la creatividad y la innovación que le impulsarán a un crecimiento y un éxito sin precedentes.
A través de una mezcla de historias inspiradoras, ideas estratégicas y consejos prácticos, Triunfa desafiará tus percepciones y elevará tu forma de pensar a nuevas cotas.

Vous êtes-vous déjà retrouvé devant une feuille blanche après avoir décidé de dessiner quelque chose et vous n'avez aucune idée de ce que vous devez dessiner ? Votre tête est soudainement vide, alors qu'il y a quelques instants, vous pensiez à toutes les choses à ne pas oublier et vous demandiez pourquoi votre voisin passait l'aspirateur si tôt. Vous vous êtes certainement demandé pourquoi d'autres personnes de votre entourage ont tant d'idées originales et toujours une solution à tout.

What If Your Worst Nightmare Could Become Your Greatest Novel? Some of the most legendary books were born from nightmares—visions that blurred the line between fear and creativity. Dream Inspiration in Books takes you deep into the subconscious of literary legends, revealing how their darkest dreams shaped unforgettable stories. From Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to H. P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu, Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Stephen King’s The Shining and Misery, this audiobook uncovers the eerie origins of these iconic works.

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.