Creative Motivation

Wisdom and musings on creativity and life from one of the world’s most beloved musicians, producers, and mentors, Quincy Jones. 12 Notes is a self-development guide that will affirm that creativity is a calling that can and should be answered, no matter your age or experience.

It isn't enough to just do your job anymore. In order to thrive in today's marketplace, all of us, regardless of our role, have to be ready to generate brilliant ideas on demand. Business creativity expert Todd Henry explains how to establish effective practices that unleash your creative potential. Born out of his consultancy and his popular podcast, Henry has created a practical method for discovering your personal creative rhythm.

You've heard again and again that getting rich means working hard and being willing to put in long hours, often at the expense of everything else in your life. The 6-Minute Work Day is here to dispel that myth.

The New Gold Standard takes you on an exclusive tour behind the scenes of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Granted unprecedented access to the company's executives, staff, and its award-winning Leadership Center training facilities, bestselling author Joseph Michelli explored every level of leadership within the organization.

In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success. Before Happiness is about what comes before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. Only once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we summon all our motivation, emotion, and intelligence to achieve our personal and professional goals.

Whether it's learning ragtime piano, losing 30 pounds, or starting an organic jellybean company, award-winning musician turned communications expert Peter Himmelman's unique techniques to harness fear and take the steps to make goals a reality will give you the tools and confidence you need to stop listening to the negative thoughts holding you back and achieve professional and personal success.

What if the hero you’ve been waiting for… is already within you? In Yes, My Hero, you’ll uncover the strength, clarity, and purpose that’s been quietly guiding you all along—your inner hero. Whether you’re facing self-doubt, heartbreak, burnout, or the uncertainty of what comes next, this empowering guide will help you rise with courage, rewrite your story, and walk boldly into the life you were meant to live. Through personal insights, mindset-shifting strategies, and heartfelt reflection, this book invites you to: Silence the inner critic and awaken your boldest self Turn pain...

In this book,you will learn top passive income ideas that could be started with little or no money. This implies that you would not need to break a bank to get a passive source of income. This book would also provide the necessary tips and steps that you need to take before venturing into the world of generating passive income. With all these steps in place, there are huge possibilities of getting an ideal passive source of income and making money in no time. Inside, you’ll discover: Top Business Ideas to generate passive income Four unique, easy-to-follow strategies you can begin ...

Listeners of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process - and showing us all just how easy it can be. By sharing stories from her own life as well as from her friends and the people who have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us to embrace our curiosity....

Presenting 12 breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, The Art of Possibility is the dynamic product of an extraordinary partnership. The Art of Possibility combines Benjamin Zander's experience as conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and his talent as a teacher and communicator with psychotherapist Rosamund Stone Zander's genius for designing innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment.

The Big Stretch delivers a four-tiered self-evaluation and empowerment program for jump-starting a new business, new career, or new idea - and maintaining high levels of success long-term. One of today's most effective coaches for entrepreneurs, Teneshia Jackson Warner walks you through a “career workout” routine designed to move you from idea to goal.

Feeling creatively stuck, burned out, or like your spark has faded? This book is your way back. The Creative Reset is a gentle, practical, and emotionally honest guide for creators of all kinds who’ve lost touch with their rhythm. Whether you're an artist, writer, entrepreneur, or multi-hyphenate dreamer, this book offers tools to help you quiet your inner critic, rebuild your self-trust, and return to a creative process that actually feels good again. Inside, you'll find: ✨ 12 powerful chapters to guide your reset journey 🧠 Science-backed tools for restoring focus and momentum 💭 ...

Every leader knows this delicate balancing act: to simultaneously generate better performance from your team, retain top talent, and build your organization's leaders of tomorrow, without inducing burnout. In the sequel to his bestseller Elevate, Robert Glazer applies his groundbreaking capacity-building framework to teams and organizations alike. The result is the playbook for a results-oriented, learning-driven culture that elevates its people to meet the company's ever-changing growth needs.

There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They figure out what to do when there’s no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art.

What do Apple CEO Steve Jobs, comedian Chris Rock, prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, the story developers at Pixar films, and the Army Chief of Strategic Plans all have in common? Best-selling author Peter Sims found that all of them have achieved breakthrough results by methodically taking small, experimental steps in order to discover and develop new ideas.

Traveling from Iran to North Korea, from the Dalai Lama’s Himalayas to the ghostly temples of Japan, Pico Iyer brings together a lifetime of explorations to upend our ideas of utopia and ask how we might find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering. Does religion lead us back to Eden or only into constant contention? Why do so many seeming paradises turn into warzones? And does paradise exist only in the afterworld – or can it be found in the here and now?

If you struggle with a work/life balance and feel as if your daily life is chaotic and out of control, this book will provide a simple yet executable road map to help you create the life you've always desired.

In Be the One, author and speaker Justin Prince shares a roadmap, an instruction manual, that lays out simple but powerful steps you can take—today—to redesign your future and live an unforgettable life. Regardless of your roots, your background, your education, your experience, your resources, or your lack thereof.

How to Be Happier is Vol. 1 of a series about personal transformation. It is part of a set of audiobooks that will help you to achieve long lasting change and success in your life in a wide variety of areas. It is meant to be a blueprint to help you recognize ways that you can find more joy and happiness in your day-to-day living...and then use that new sense of joy to go on to create an actionable plan for achieving various goals in your life.

What if your next step wasn’t just a goal, but a vision calling you forward? The Power of Vision is an inspiring anthology of 28 diverse voices who dared to ask, “What am I really here for?” From spiritual awakenings and near-death pivots to quiet moments of clarity in everyday life, these stories explore the transformational power of listening to your inner knowing and acting on it. Whether you’re in transition, seeking deeper purpose, or reigniting a long-held dream, this book will meet you exactly where you are.💡Inside, you’ll discover: How a spark of vision can change a ...