Creative Development

Set in sync with the progression of the seasons, A Year in Practice is a program of holistic techniques and journaling prompts to guide the creative seeker all year long. Four seasonally themed chapters keep you connected to natural phases of creative contraction and expansion.

O lendário produtor musical Rick Rubin é um mestre em ajudar artistas dos mais variados gêneros a se conectarem com a fonte de sua criatividade para descobrir quem são de verdade e o que de melhor têm a oferecer ao mundo. Ao longo de anos estimulando as pessoas a transcenderem suas limitações e resgatarem esse estado puro de inocência e inspiração dentro de si, Rubin compreendeu que ser artista não tem a ver com criar obras de arte; tem a ver, sim, com uma maneira peculiar de estar no mundo e de se relacionar com ele.

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

Handmade is a profound meditation on the eternal value of manual work, creativity, human fallibility, and the stubborn pursuit of quality work. Rogowski tells his life story of how he became a craftsman and how years of persistent work have taught him patience, resilience, tolerance for failure, and a love of pursuing beauty and mastery for its own sake.

An inventor, adventurer, entrepreneur, collector, and entertainer, and son of legendary scientist-astronaut Owen Garriott, Richard Garriott de Cayeux has been behind some of the most exciting undertakings of our time. A legendary pioneer of the online gaming industry - and a member of every gaming Hall of Fame - Garriott invented the multi-player online game, and coined the term "Avatar" to describe an individual's online character. In this fascinating memoir, Garriott invites listeners on the great adventure that is his life.

In 2015 Manoush Zomorodi, host of WNYC's popular podcast and radio show Note to Self, led tens of thousands of listeners through an experiment to help them unplug from their devices, get bored, jump-start their creativity, and change their lives. Bored and Brilliant builds on that experiment to show us how to rethink our gadget use to live better and smarter in this new digital ecosystem. In this fascinating new audiobook, Manoush explains the connection between boredom and original thinking.

Anyone who has ever picked up a creativity or self-help guide has likely been advised to keep to a daily schedule, daily pages, or other everyday ritual. But "just do it" usually just doesn't work. Longtime creativity coach and therapist Eric Maisel has found an approach that does work: giving clients, and now listeners, a clear understanding of what makes them personally blocked or stuck and unable to start or finish.

A black mamba is one of the most dangerous snakes in the world. It has the fastest strike in the snake kingdom and its venom is highly toxic to humans. The black mamba is also an incredibly powerful animal. Lastly, this species has proven itself intelligent by being able to adapt its hunting style based on new surroundings. After considering all of these extraordinary qualities, it is not surprising that Kobe Bryant used this wonderful creature to give shape and name to his incredible and invincible mentality, which led him to success.

Um método revolucionário para guardar e acessar informações, aumentar sua produtividade e potencializar suas ideias. Este audiolivro mostra como criar um “Segundo Cérebro”, um sistema para organizar digitalmente seus mais valiosos trabalhos, notas e ideias. Assim, quando surgir a oportunidade de fazer uma apresentação, lançar um produto, mudar de emprego, abrir um negócio ou até mesmo começar uma família, você terá acesso à sabedoria necessária para tomar boas decisões e adotar as medidas mais adequadas.

Séparation, perte d'emploi, maladie, un jour ou l'autre, nous sommes tous confrontés aux difficultés de la vie. Pourtant, quelle que soit notre situation, nous disposons de toutes les ressources nécessaires pour rebondir. C'est ce que nous révèle Daniel Dufour qui croit en la capacité de chacun à se battre pour soi-même afin de surmonter les obstacles. Se centrer sur soi, reconnaître, ressentir et exprimer ses émotions, s'enraciner dans son noyau fondamental et son savoir inné ? : Autant d'étapes sur le chemin de la guérison. Véritable mouvement d'amour, ce retour à soi fait de chacun de nous un créateur de sa vie plutôt qu'une victime du destin. Il est aussi une ouverture sur le monde et les autres qui scelle notre appartenance à l'univers.

There is a paradox. As children, most of us think we are highly creative; as adults many of us think we are not. What changes as children grow up? Organizations across the globe are competing in a world that is changing faster than ever. They say they need people who can think creatively, who are flexible and quick to adapt.

When we think of Imagineering, we think of Disney theme parks. But Imagineering is a creative process that can be used for nearly any project, once you know how it works. Lou Prosperi distills years of research into a practical how-to guide for budding "Imagineers" everywhere.

Vivimos en una época de preocupación capital por el desarrollo sustentable. Pero no sólo nuestro planeta tiene reservas limitadas que debemos saber gestionar con responsabilidad y visión estratégica: también nuestro cerebro. Cuando nos obsesionamos por las pérdidas, sufrimos ansiedad por el futuro, sobrevaloramos la opinión de los demás o nos exigimos demasiado, desperdicia

In her groundbreaking first book, Gender Born, Gender Made, Dr. Diane Ehrensaft coined the term gender creative to describe children whose unique gender expression or sense of identity is not defined by a checkbox on their birth certificate. Now, with The Gender Creative Child, she returns to guide parents and professionals through the rapidly changing cultural, medical, and legal landscape of gender and identity.

Do you want to get more things done faster without that frustrating feeling of being held back? You probably allow tasks to pile up continuously until they make you feel totally overwhelmed. You are not able to prioritize your projects, and you let your mind jump from one topic to another. This audiobook is exactly what you need to break free of your self-destructive bad habits! Thanks to a mix of psychology, self-help, and years of direct experience in the field, Bruce Merrick offers an effective, step-by-step blueprint for success.

When we're kids, our parents tell us that being creative is fun, fun, fun. But when you decide to turn art into your career, whether that's painting, writing, drawing, or sculpting Edgar Allan Poe out of earthworms, that's when things get tough. In this insightful and heartfelt guide, artist and speaker Phil Hansen shares his hard-won wisdom from the front lines of life as a professional creative. Hansen provides advice for the difficult moments - the slumps, the creative blocks, the times when something you love doesn't resonate with the world - and gives you the pep talk you need....

Tras vender más de 350.000 ejemplares en Estados Unidos de El cerebro del niño, y permanecer, cinco años después de su primera edición, en un lugar destacado en la lista de parenting de The New York Times, Siegel y Bryson nos brindan en esta ocasión una serie de instrucciones, consejos y actividades para «resetear» el cerebro en desarrollo del niño con el fin de fomentar su curiosidad por el entorno, sus capacidades intelectuales, su equilibrio emocional, su potencial de resiliencia y su empatía.

Solitude is the inspirational core for many writers, artists, and thinkers. Alone with our thoughts, we can make discoveries that matter not only to us but to others. To be solitary is not only to draw sustenance from being alone, but to know that our ultimate responsibility is not only to our partner or our own offspring, but to a larger community. Fenton Johnson's lyrical prose and searching sensibility explores what it means to choose to be solitary and celebrates the notion that solitude is a legitimate and dignified calling.

If you’re not achieving everything you’d always hoped to, it’s time to make a change: Live the life you really want. Employee surveys have found that 23 percent of workers feel burned out more often than they don’t. This reflects a culture in which we must overwork ourselves to achieve our goals. Not only is this unnecessary, but it distracts us from understanding what our desires are in the first place.

This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto as example. The author Shelley H. Carson, a Harvard psychologist, explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy; in fact, all of us use our creative brains every day at home and at work. Each of us has the ability to increase our mental functioning and creativity by learning to move flexibly among several brain states.