books about: creative-thinking     books:       The Edison Trait: Saving the Spirit of Your Free-Thinking Child in a Conforming World17 reviews Lucy Jo Palladino Times Books, 1997 This book was comfort food for my soul! This is the first book I have EVER found myself in. I have always been fascinated by psychology, but have never fit into anyone's theory or box. I have usually found myself relating to the negative characteristics of two opposite types in someones personality groups. My spirit was broken by well intentioned parents trying to make me fit in with what is supposed to be "normal" in our society. ...             Stimulated!: Habits to Spark Your Creative Genius at Work11 reviews Andrew Pek, Jeannine Mcglade Greenleaf Book Group, LLC, 2008 Healing the Rift: Merging Science and Spirituality This book by Leo Kim gives us many insights into the origin and the nature of life. In particular, Leo Kim proposes, with ample background studies on the nature of most fundamental elements of our universe from the perspective of physical and biological sciences as well as religion, our physical being and spirit share common element, Upixel. Through Upixel, we live through past, present and ...             The 2000 Percent Solution: Free Your Organization from "Stalled" Thinking to Achieve Exponential Success91 reviews Donald Mitchell, Carol Coles, ... AMACOM, 1999 My 2000 Percent Solution - A Whole New Life I first read "The 2000 Percent Solution" as part of a course for a Rushmore University doctoral program. It sparked in me the desire and determination to get more "bang for the buck" from my efforts, and provided a clear 8-step guide for doing so. The guide to creating 2000 Percent solutions essentially helps you to see differently, and acknowledge the reality of your personal and ...             Uncommon Genius12 reviews Denise Shekerjian Viking Adult, 1990 The How is in the Doing "How are creative people able to look at the same thing as everybody else but see something different?" Denise Shekerjian relying on interviews with forty MacArthur Foundation Fellowship winners tries to answer this in "Uncommon Genius." The Fellows, all having demonstrated creative genius across a variety of pursuits, provide a glimpse inside their own experience with the creative process. ...             Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking38 reviews Tim Hurson McGraw-Hill, 2007 How to increase the ROI of innovative thinking Tim Hurson explains that the premise of this book "is that success in our business, professional, and personal lives is less a matter of what we know than of how we think. If we can develop the thinking skills to generate more options and then evaluate those options more effectively, we can all live richer, fuller lives - and so can the people around us." The focus of the this book is on the ...             Accidental Genius: Revolutionize Your Thinking Through Private Writing20 reviews Mark Levy Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000 Easy and fun to read. It will change my learning habits This is a great book. It's short, easy to read, and entertaining. But it's also a very powerful book that will change the way you approach creativity and learning. It's not just about "private writing", it's about how to generate creative ideas and increase your learning and retention of what you read. It's also about how to clarify your thinking. The book has more than enough ideas to ...             Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius45 reviews Michael Michalko Ten Speed Press, 1998 Practical Techniques to Boost Creativity Author Michael Michalko delivers his best performance to date in this book. The book is filled with information on, and techniques for using, our creative processes. Many of the techniques are easy to learn, requiring only a little bit of practice to get used to them. Most of the book centers around: helping an individual generate many possible ideas about something, which will be critically ...             Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques: FIRST EDITION63 reviews Michael Michalko Ten Speed Press, 1991 An Essential Guide for Creative Thinking This book, together with my treasured Roger von Oech books, sit prominently on my bookshelf when working on a variety of problems - software development, film production, creative writing for scripts or novels, and developing opportunities in this mediacentric age. These books break open your mind from the restrictive fences imposed on our thinking by the conventional world that we are surrounded ...             Engineering and the Mind's Eye10 reviews Eugene S. Ferguson The MIT Press, 1994 Thought Provoking A short, nicely written book. A must read for those with an interest in history of technology, engineering or education. Time well spent for almost any intellegent reader. A lot of "bang for your buck" with this one!             The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance12 reviews Eric Maisel Tarcher, 2000 Creativity for anyone--not just writers and artists I'm quite fond of Eric Maisel's books. He's a psychotherapist and "creativity consultant," and he has written a number of books on writing, art, and creativity. Several of them are among my favorite writing books: "Living the Writer's Life," "Deep Writing," and "Write Mind." Unlike those books, "The Creativity Book" is not aimed specifically at writers. It's aimed at you, me, your brother, and ...             Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box8 reviews Alex Epstein Holt Paperbacks, 2006 Excellent I've read many books on writing for film and television, and this is one of the best. What I like most about Alex Epstein's style is that it is immensely, if not compulsively, readable. His advice is practical and straightforward, and he approaches the topics in the book with a much appreciated playful sense of humor. There are books that are educational but pretentious and are a chore to go ...             Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas8 reviews Edward De Bono HarperBusiness, 1993 buy only this one... By now I think I have read about fifteen of De Bono's books and this is certainly the best. Many of the others seem to be mostly regurgitations of the the same old stuff. Does he get paid by the word? He claims to have written about 25 books, but I think he has to a great extent written one book over and over again. And he seems so pompous and arrogant. How can someone with such arrogance be ...             Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations: Creative Strategies for Extraordinary Results (Jossey Bass ...8 reviews Bernard Ross, Clare Segal Jossey-Bass, 2002 When "change drivers" hit your NPO, give this book a look. Good book. I liked it! It was easy to read. Each chapter had a summary section so I could read the summaries before tackling the book as a whole. If you are managing a not-for-profit, or sitting as a board member to a nonprofit, and you believe your nonprofit could be doing things better, then consider getting a copy of this book and give it a read. Back in July I read and reviewed "Managing ...             Brain Teasers8 reviews Kiran Srinivas Robert D. Reed Publishers, 2002 GREAT for interviews! The puzzles and brain teasers presented in this book have been enormously helpful for my recent interviews! i was astonished when top banks asked me the EXACT same puzzles that were illustrated in this book! i HIGHLY recommend this book to ANYBODY who is interviewing at any banks, it will help you tremendously!             A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life: Self Expression and Spiritual Practice for Those Who Have Time for Neither7 reviews Broadway, 2002 Brilliant and funny Nina Wise subtitles her wonderful book, "Self-expression and spritual practice for those who have time for neither." And she could have added, for those who don't habitually shop at the Self-Improvement section of the store. I had my qualms but I had first heard the author's name from an impeccable source so I carried on and bought it. I quickly realised this wasn't Buddhism Lite or ...             Positive Turbulence: Developing Climates for Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal9 reviews Jossey-Bass, 1999 Innovation Principles That Produce Results POSITIVE TURBULENCE is enjoyable to read, logical in its structure but not stiff, and it really reflects the essence of 30 years of top-level insight into major organizations around the world. The author provides us with the best of this experience, and not all writers do this-they often try to withhold a few gems for the next book, making the current product less than it could have been. It ...             Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation10 reviews Kees van der Heijden Wiley, 2005 Packed with Knowledge! Many business books provide just enough information to whet executives' appetites for more advice accompanied by high consulting fees. Author Kees van der Heijden has written an exception. His comprehensive volume puts scenario building in historical context, explains its relationship to forecasting and tells you how to introduce scenario planning to your organization. Once you understand your ...             The Act of Creation (Arkana)6 reviews Arthur Koestler Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990 A rare masterpiece connecting the dots of insightful thought A fascinating read for the person who steps back and wonders - it gives glimpses and answers through an integrated body of research and a graceful and insightful fireside chat about it all. One of my all time favourite books. I can hardly wait to read it again!             Breakthrough Creativity: Achieving Top Performance Using the Eight Creative Talents9 reviews Lynne Levesque Davies-Black Publishing, 2001 Creative Destruction of Barriers to Creativity What is important to understand at the outset is that Levesque skillfully combines in this book some of the most important ideas developed by Carl Jung in correlation with concepts developed by Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers for what is now known as "The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®)" personality inventory. According to Levesque, "The more you learn about this instrument and Jung's ...             Make the Most of Your Mind9 reviews Tony Buzan audible.com The only book you need for significant memory improvement I must preface this review with two key points: 1 - this is the only book of this subject I have read, so my review lacks relativity 2 - my review and subsequent 5 star rating is based on the memory section only. I read this book only with the intention of improving my memory and thus I did not put forth much emphasis on the other elements of the book. With that out of the way, I can ...              search for books accidental, achieving, breakthrough, conforming, conversation, creativity, developing, engineering, exponential, expression, extraordinary, free-thinking, innovation, innovator, inspiration, management, nonprofit, organization, organizations, performance, productive, revolutionize, scenarios, spiritual, stimulated, strategic, strategies, techniques, thinkertoys, turbulence books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Learn To Play Wolfmother Guitar Techniques we recommend My 2000 Percent Solution - A Whole New Life leave a comment home  impressum - about us