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A New York Times business journalist explains why it’s important for people to pursue big creative projects, and identifies both the obstacles and the productive habits that emerge on the path to completion—including her own experience writing this book. Whether it’s the Great American...

“The most powerful and instructive change manual you’ll ever read. It will persuade and inspire you to change your business, your work, and maybe your life.” —Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of A Whole New Mind In Practically Radical, William C. Taylor, the New York Times bestselling...

It's difficult to ask anybody "how are you?" without hearing the word "busy" somewhere in their response. We feel overwhelmed by busyness because of the demands on our time: our inboxes and our to-do lists are bulging, a huge amount of people expect things from us and our organisations are trying to do more with fewer people. But it doesn't have to be that way. In reality, busyness isn't essential. Yes, there is a lot to do, but believing you're always busy because you have so much to do is both false and unhelpful.

A unique guide to taking control of your imagination, confronting your fears and finding your true purpose. When we lose touch with our imaginations, we can become paralysed by fear, doubt and anxiety. But if we take back control of the imagination, our creativity becomes an amazingly powerful tool for identifying, confronting and controlling our fears. Artist and creative life coach Lou Hamilton guides you through a series of insights and simple creative exercises which gradually build your creative confidence while encouraging you to express your thoughts and ideas, giving you deeper understanding of your fears and your dreams.

In the eye-opening New York Times bestseller, The Mirror Effect, widely respected addiction and behavior specialist and producer/host of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew on VH1, Dr. Drew Pinsky takes a hard look at the profound changes blogging, tweeting, tabloids, and reality TV are having on the...

In The Artisan Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus, author, thought leader, and founder of MOSAIC in Los Angeles, pens a manifesto for human creativity and the beginning of a new renaissance. McManus not only calls us to reclaim our creative essence but reveals how we can craft our lives into a work of...

Eight years ago, Kathleen Hart was diagnosed with breast cancer. Further complications led to a protracted recovery and months spent in hospital, where Kathleen had to learn how to walk again. While recuperating, she came across a small whitewashed cottage for sale in Wigtown, Scotland. Driving hundreds of miles on nothing more than a few photographs and an inkling, she bought it that very same day and named it Devorgilla after the formidable 13th century Scottish princess.

The wonderfully original author of Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too gives us a collection of touching and hilarious personal essays, stories, poems—covering topics such as mental health, happiness, and what it means to belong. Jonny Sun is back with a collection of essays and other...

Troward carefully explores how creation takes place in the individual. How we as the individualization of universal consciousness are the means by which that consciousness come to know itself which he calls Self-Contemplation. The Creative Process is his most thorough and complete work.

Das Geheimnis ist zu fühlen ist die deutsche Übersetzung von Feeling is the Secret aus dem Jahre 1944. Es ist das 4. Buch über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme, dass Neville Goddard zu seiner Zeit veröffentlicht hat. "Neville Lancelot Goddard, der über einen autodidaktischen und ungewöhnlich scharfen Intellekt verfügte, vertrat eine kühne und umfassende spirituelle Vision: Alles was wir sehen und erleben, einschließlich anderer Menschen, sei das Ergebnis unserer eigenen Gedanken und emotionalen Zustände. Jeder von uns träumt eine Unzahl von Realitäten ins Dasein.

Shira Erlichman is an expert at finding inspiration in the world and turning it into beautiful art.

¿Puede un fracaso convertirse en éxito o un éxito acabar en fracaso? El primer postulado que encontrarás en este libro desafía lo que solemos dar por sentado. De allí que se trate de una teoría "optimista". Ignasi Giró, que se define a sí mismo como un "físico creativo" que explora las fascinantes combinaciones entre tecnología, diseño y empatía, nos relata, por ejemplo, cómo un documental fallido se convirtió en un invento que dio la vuelta al mundo. Con lucidez y una buena dosis de humor, un despido, una ruptura amorosa o un concierto sin público se convierten en valiosas oportunidades de aprendizaje.

Rick Rubin, mythique producteur de musique à succès, nous délivre ses techniques et méditations artistiques afin de libérer notre propre créativité.

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.

¡Son tantas las cosas que pasan desapercibidas! Realizamos muchas tareas simultáneamente, cambiamos de una pantalla a otra, trabajamos rápido. Pero ¿te has preguntado cuándo fue la última vez que hiciste una pausa para apreciar un objeto bello o un paisaje cautivador? Y sin embargo, estos son los momentos en los que nuestro espíritu se eleva. El diseñador Alan Moore nos invita a reflexionar no solo sobre lo que producimos -un sitio web, una silla o un negocio-, sino también sobre el cómo y el porqué. Y nos anima a aportar valor, utilidad y belleza en aquello que hagamos.

A must-read guide for any creative, Creative Endurance offers practical advice and inspiration for staying motivated and achieving your big-picture goals. Are you experiencing creative burnout? Using the effective strategies for creative endurance developed by creative director of Fast Company...

Notice what matters, sharpen your intuition, and grow personally and professionally by honing your skills of reflection in this illustrated guide from Stanford University's d.school. While we often think of reflection as a way to consider what is or was, it can also be a powerful tool for...

Como un hombre piensa, así es su vida (As a Man Thinketh) es una obra fundamental en la literatura de desarrollo personal, publicada por primera vez en 1903. Este libro, aunque breve, ha tenido un impacto perdurable en generaciones de lectores, siendo un pilar en el campo de la automejora.

This book uniquely identifies the five key emotions that prevent clients from reaching their full creative potential and provides coaches tools to help them overcome them, boosting their productivity as well as their ability to complete and promote their work and personal development. Accessible and personable, Rahti Gorfien interweaves stories from her personal life and private practice to alleviate the burden of blockages creatives generated by their own divergent thinking, unconscious conditioning, and memory.

Have you ever sat in front of a blank page after you've resolved to finally draw something again and you simply have no idea what to draw? Your head is suddenly empty, even though you've just been thinking about all the things you absolutely mustn't forget and wondering why your neighbor is vacuuming so early again. You've probably wondered why other people around you have so many original ideas and always have a solution for everything. These people don't let problems get them down and it seems as if they perceive the world differently; more positively and imaginatively.