Psychology Genius

In our demanding, fast-paced culture, it's increasingly important to find ways to decompress and recuperate from the busyness and stress of life. More and more, mindfulness and creativity are being recognized as antidotes to the speed and overstimulation of modern society. This beautiful book combines the two, offering both creative and meditative practices to provide a guided journey into contemplative art for healing, relaxation, deeper connection, and greater well-being.

Procrastination, lack of motivation, and low productivity are just some of the things that are keeping people from achieving their potential. These and other consequences are due largely to the effects of mental clutter.

With her trademark humor, enthusiasm, and no-nonsense guidance, Pam Grout, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of E-Squared, invites you on a yearlong "apprenticeship" to recognize and unleash your innate creativity. Making art does not necessarily mean painting a gallery-worthy still life or belting out a Grammy-winning song. It simply means finding a way to give your inner muse a voice in this world.

The biggest threat facing modern business is the sheer complexity of an uncertain future. That, and the fact that everyone is busy. Too busy for progress. Workplace cultures have become cursed with efficiency. And so when it comes to developing strategy, we default to our defaults. We favor quick fixes, easy templates, and familiar approaches, developing 'robust plans' that do little to mitigate strategic risk or generate new value. The result? The future comes, and businesses die.

Über die unbändige Stärke, die in jedem von uns schlummert »Soll ich es wirklich wagen?« Alex führt ein ganz normales Leben: Mutter, Partnerin, Angestellte – ein Rad im Getriebe des Alltags, das zuverlässig funktioniert. Doch hinter der Fassade aus Routinen lodert der Funke eines fast vergessenen Traums: die Eröffnung eines eigenen Buchcafés. Als unerwartet sechs außergewöhnliche Menschen in das Leben von Alex treten, beginnt sich ihre Vision in ein greifbares Ziel zu verwandeln.

An entertaining, fact-filled defense of the nearly universal tendency to procrastinate, drawing on the stories of history's greatest delayers, and on the work of psychologists, philosophers, and behavioral economists to explain why we put off what we're supposed to be doing and why we shouldn't feel so bad about it.

Are you tired of people using deception, manipulation, and other underhanded tactics to control you? You're going to want to invest in this audiobook, where I will personally show you how to identify deception, influence people, become likeable, understand emotional intelligence, and read body language and other paraverbal activities 99 percent of the society is not aware of! Get on top of every social encounter you come across whether at the workplace, school, social settings, or other family functions.

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.

Have you ever sat down at your desk with an impossible deadline or an insurmountable obstacle staring you directly in the face and an expectation that you'll come up with a groundbreaking idea and solution? In Breakthrough, you'll find a powerful framework for bringing innovation and creativity to the surface not just once, but on a regular, daily basis.

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.

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. You’ve already taken the first steps by willing yourself to research the topic of motivation and find this detailed and insightful guide. Now it’s time to take the next step toward achieving what you want out of life.

In Brainhacker, you'll learn how to "rewire" your brain and boost its power. David Farrow, author of The Farrow Method, helps you get inside your own head and call the shots, with concrete exercises and tips to train your brain to work for you. These tricks can instantly boost your memory, improve your reading speed, help you push away pain, and form life-changing habits that actually last--with techniques as simple as a hand movement or a little bit of imagination.

Jennifer Kahnweiler offers a five-step process that will enable introverts and extroverts to work together harmoniously and achieve more than they ever could on their own. The process can be precarious. The key, Kahnweiler says, is to remember that these relationships are most successful when opposites stop emphasizing their differences and use approaches that focus them both on moving toward results.

Após realizar um grande estudo sobre várias personalidades fascinantes e bem-sucedidas–entre políticos, estrategistas, artistas, cientistas e inventores–Robert Greene percebeu que todas essas pessoas, independentemente de sua área, da cultura ou do momento histórico a que pertenciam, seguiram um padrão similar em suas conquistas. E concluiu que o caminho para a maestria pode ser percorrido por qualquer um de nós.

Discover the profound journey of self-discovery and purpose in "This Space; Your Place" by Gbenga Lawal. This compelling guide, navigates the complex maze of finding one's purpose in a world often defined by relevance. With a roadmap that explores the differences between relevance and significance, the transformative power of self-discovery, and the untapped potential of unique gifts, this book becomes an invaluable compass for those seeking a meaningful existence.

Award-winning science writer David Adam reveals how frontier neuroscience can enhance your intelligence. What if the route to better brain power is not hard work or thousands of hours of practice but to simply swallow a pill? In The Genius Within, best-selling author David Adam explores the groundbreaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement.

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.

Our brains are noisy; certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming, worrying about the future, and self-chatter, taking up to forty-seven percent of our waking time. This is mindwandering—and while it can tug your attention away from the present, cognitive neuroscientist Moshe Bar is here to tell you about the method behind this apparent madness. Mindwandering is the first popular book to explore this multi-faceted phenomenon of your wandering mind and introduces you to the new, exciting research behind it.

To fully live your life, you have to take the right measures to break the chains of fear, depression, anxiety, and a host of other factors that tie you down and prevent you from moving forward. In this audiobook, we will highlight and thoroughly discuss the leading causes of these problems and teach you how to tackle them effectively.

Does your toaster oven make you feel shamefully inadequate with his lofty ideals and Jeffersonian views of the world? Is the letter Q the wrong shade of yellow? Are you frequently bothered by abstract images and geometric shapes falling from the sky? If so, this book can help. The Toaster Oven Mocks Me is a humorous memoir that chronicles Steve's discovery, concealment, and eventual acceptance of synesthesia.