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What really distinguishes the people who literally change the world - those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from the merely creative, the many one-hit wonders among us? Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people - Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs - to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again.

Creative work doesn't come with a guarantee. But there is a pattern to who succeeds and who doesn't. And engaging in the consistent practice of its pursuit is the best way forward. Based on the breakthrough Akimbo workshop pioneered by legendary author Seth Godin, The Practice will help you get unstuck and find the courage to make and share creative work.

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.

This overview discusses how important imagination is and the major effect it has on our lives, including the role it plays in hallucinations, moods, and creativity.

In our 24-7 global economy, rest feels like a luxury at best and a weakness at worst. We see work and rest as competitors - but what if they're actually partners in a productive, balanced life? Blending rigorous scientific research with examples of writers, painters and thinkers - from Darwin to Stephen King - Silicon Valley futurist and business consultant Alex Soojung-Kim Pang exposes how we've underestimated the power of rest for our success. Though it's as natural as breathing, it's also a skill we can all learn to boost our creativity and productivity.

Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games.

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.

Why are some of us better than others at committing to a decision? How can we move from indecision and procrastination to smart choices? What are the forces that hold us back and how can we successfully overcome them? The Art of Decision Making explores, analyses and navigates the idea of volition: ''the power to use one's own will in order to make decisions.' By drawing on diverse sources, Joseph Bikart has created a precise map of the intricate paths we take when we move from will to action.

Introducing you to the basic principles of psychology and its applications. Does fear hold you back from what you want? Do you feel like you are stuck in an automatic routine that just won’t change no matter what actions you try to take? Maybe you can’t even visualize what “outside” of your daily routine? What about your daily thoughts, ever wonder why you think the way you do?

+Do you struggle with constant worrying thoughts? Do you feel anxious more times than not, and you don’t know what to do about it? Would you like to learn how to put an end to worrying and anxiety? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re going to want to continue reading. In life, there will be things that worry your, things that cause you to feel anxious or things that cause you to feel nervous. That’s normal because we don’t know what the future holds, and we never know exactly how our past anxieties have affected us and others. A certain level of these feelings is ...

A series of books to give inspiration and opportunity to those middle-class persons who are not poor enough for charity, nor rich enough to afford things themselves. The author intended to inspire, with the kind of inspiration that makes a man go out and create his own opportunity. Yours is the world and everything in it!

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.

Heal Yourself with Writing offers a step-by-step journey of discovery and re-visioning through focused journaling, a practice that can enable healing and empowerment. In this way, each listener is able to make meaning out of memory and put the past where it belongs - behind them.

You can manage anxiety, anger, panic, worry, and depression with effective Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques. CBT and NLP are behavioral sciences that use proven techniques to help you in real life. Both use outstanding methods for changing negative ways of thinking into positive ones. CBT and NLP relate three things together; thinking, language, and behavior or emotions. Its applications cover many aspects of everyday life.

Secrets of the Mind reveals Ralph Waldo Emerson’s keys for accessing the expansive powers of the “one mind.” The sequel to Living from the Soul, this book rephrases and remixes Emerson’s writings on the principles and powers of thought. It concludes with practical advice on work, money, and success.

With 190 affirmations to help you improve all areas of your life, this audiobook is going to illustrate the power of thoughts, how thoughts affect the mind (and your life), and above that, how you can use words (affirmations) to change any circumstance or area of your life.

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.

Meet Dr Emily Leeming, a leading microbiome scientist, registered dietitian, chef – and now your expert guide on how to feed your second brain to transform your health and mood from the inside out. Genius Gut digests the latest microbiome science on our second brain – the gut – and dives into the powerful two-way path between our physical and mental wellbeing, revolutionising what smart nutrition means. In a pioneering 10-step no fuss gut-brain method, you will learn how and what to eat to feel your absolute best.

In Craft a Life You Love, listeners will learn how to focus their creative energy and make things (and make things happen) by implementing small - yet powerful - changes in their everyday lives. Creativity and craft maven Amy Tangerine shows listeners how to find their flow, maintain a positive mindset, and cultivate a rich and fulfilling life by focusing on what truly matters. Chapters explore how to craft the soul, craft the right mindset, craft the right environment, craft good habits, rediscover your creative mojo, and maintain momentum.

To be a great poker player you need to stay calm and focused on whatever is happening. Regardless of whether you are playing online or in person, cash poker or tournament poker, it's vitally important to avoid losing control of your emotions. When a player gives in to their emotions they start playing irrationally; this is a state of mind known in the world of poker as ‘"tilt". Tilt describes the state of mind a poker player slides into when their emotions take over their decision-making process and they begin playing based on their feelings rather than on their strategy.