Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Creative Ability

Are you facing personal or professional challenges that require original and innovative solutions? Are you tired of the typical solutions that don't produce lasting results? Would you like find a better balance between your creative and your analytical muscles in order to empower your career, health and well-being?

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The Act of Creation begins where this view ceases to be true. Koestler affirms that all creatures have the capacity for creative activity, frequently suppressed by the automatic routines of thought and behavior that dominate their lives. The study of psychology has offered little in the way of an explanation of the creative process, and Koestler suggests that we are at our most creative when rational thought is suspended - for example in dreams and trance-like states. Then the mind is capable of receiving inspiration and insight.

Taking humor as his starting point, Koestler examines...

Silence the Voice of Self Doubt While it's easy to believe that the main barriers to being more productive, generating and developing ideas, and doing our best work are external (how many times have you vented to a coworker about ?hitting a wall ), the truth is that these frustrating blocks are most often in our own heads. What is the entity responsible for this? The Inner Critic. The Inner Critic is relentless, driving us toward perfectionism and fanning the flames of self doubt, self-sabotage, and self criticism while dousing the sparks of...

"We must consciously create for our brains the inputs we prefer, or be subjected to the inputs others prefer."

If you are like most people, you may doubt pure Love's ability to hook you up with a totally happy life. Even if you haven't carried around buckets of overflowing joy in your life, it's not too late, nor is it impossible, to start intimately knowing happiness this very day. All you need to do is think again.

"Already Here: the matter of Love "demonstrates that joy, bliss, and spiritual connectedness are already within you. This book helps you remember your joy by learning to...

Because it demands reimagining, reconsideration, and redefinition, change is an essential part of creativity. And in Big Questions in Creativity 2016, the field's newest thinkers tackle some of its most intriguing questions in the the areas of personal, organizational, and cultural change. This collection represents the year's 10 best papers from the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State, and provides a peek in the window of the world's first Master of Science degree in creativity. As professional facilitators, artists, educators, and change leaders,...

For three years Jacqueline used art, dreamwork, and energy healing to come to terms with her rage, shame, terror, and grief. Through this process of owning both her Light as well as...

How do we teach innovative thinking and stimulate creativity? Creative thinking is a highly desirable trait in today's world, where creativity lends the mental fitness and flexibility necessary to switch easily between patterns of thinking and contend with the constant changes that result from ongoing technological advancements. Yet research shows that the national level of creativity in both children and adults is declining. This book showcases methods that build "outside of the box" thinking skills that can empower people to succeed not only in school or work but in life in general,...

"Finally, a GPS for finding your great ideas." --Mike Slosberg, cofounder of Digitas

The ability to turn a good idea into a great reality is a vital ingredient in achieving success. In It Only Takes One, John Emmerling offers an innovative, exciting, and proven method for taking your idea from a first faint flash to a fabulous finish. In this remarkable book, filled with exercises, charming cartoons, and quizzes,...

For three years Jacqueline used art, dreamwork, and energy healing to come to terms with her rage, shame, terror, and grief. Through this process of owning both her Light as well as...

The world wants its soul back...

In this book, author Jacob Nordby offers a bold new definition of success in the modern era.

"The only success now is living and creating a work-of-art life: unique, rich with meaning, naked of anything we don't care about, and ruthless about carving out something absolutely real from a world that has gorged itself on fakeness and become critically ill from it. The only failure now is pulling back from that quest because of fear."

Expanding upon his short original "Blessed Are the Weird" piece that...

The second edition of this text shows how play and literacy can combine to help young children develop a more complete understanding of writing, as well as literacy more generally. In addition to discussing the implications of the new Guidance for the Foundation Stage, the authors use more recent research to extend the discussion of how and why play and literacy work together so powerfully, and provide further advice on planning and developing effective experiences. Early years practitioners should find that this book helps them to focus on the development of literacy knowledge and skills....

Innovation can take you from failure to success, but if you need a helping hand then Think Like An Innovator can help you.

With over 70 different leaders, innovators and business people, each covered in 500 words or less, you'll find out:

- Who they are - a brief bio about the person

- Their Challenge - the issue they faced and why it was a challenge

- Their Innovation - the innovative solution they proposed

- Lessons for you - insights for you on how to apply their innovation to your life