Creative Development

Discover your dreams and take them from inception to a flourishing finish. Whether you’re competing in an actual race or navigating the marathon of life, developing a strong mental game is vital for your success. In this inspiring audiobook, the author uses examples from her running experience and relating them to success principles that you can apply to any area of your life.

The expectations of life and culture are causing stress and anxiety at an unprecedented pace. It is time to stop surviving life and to begin to thrive in your own life. The Thrival Guide lays out the issues our culture faces in this modern world and the effects these issues are having upon your health, career, relationships, and life. It then outlines several proven processes that can be used to move from living life in survival mode to a thriving life.

From Louis Henry Mitchell—the creative director of character design for Sesame Workshop—Qreative Evolution: How to Question Everything to Find Your Creative Fulfillment is here to help you discover your creative gifts and use them to create the life you are meant to live.

Revealing the Obvious breaks new ground on everything you already knew. The only difference is...everything! This is a rich and multi-layered, snackable content tour de force. It can be appreciated and enjoyed on only the surface layer for a quick and entertaining listen. Or, you can use it as self-help workbook to help you find the creative genius in your everyday life. The depth to which you explore it is entirely up to you. It is interactive, entertaining, challenging, amusing, and often filled with laugh out loud ironies and observations.

Dale Trumbore has faced each of these issues, and Staying Composed: Overcoming Anxiety and Self-Doubt Within a Creative Life is her answer. With humor and understanding, Dale breaks down each obstacle to a creative career and presents workable strategies for a long-range, manageable, and meaningful life in the arts.

¿Cómo surgen las mejores ideas? ¿Es posible que un buen baño de agua caliente, caminatas largas, reírnos, meditar, soñar despiertos en un café, dibujar lo que pensamos y hasta hacer malabares nos lleven a ser más creativos? Los más recientes avances científicos sugieren que sí, y este libro repasa, en forma entretenida y con un lenguaje sencillo, las últimas técnicas para lograr explosiones de creatividad. Ideas en la ducha tiene las respuestas a algunas preguntas como: ¿cuáles son los hábitos y las rutinas de las personas más innovadoras?

Ever wonder why today’s productivity and creativity hacks demand more and more of you, without delivering much more in the end? It's because the shortest distance between two points may be a straight line — but linear, short-cut thinking is rarely the path to the best ideas. Don’t let your creativity flat-line. Follow the Meander is this moment’s essential guidebook designed for those who are ready to slow down, delete their to-do lists, and embrace spontaneity and presence over predetermined process.

Are you a songwriter who feels frustrated? Do you have unfinished masterpieces sitting in a drawer somewhere? Do you feel stuck, confused and paralyzed in the process? Do you have feelings of inadequacy, comparing yourself to other great songwriters out there? Then you've picked up The Crazybrave Songwriter just in time. In Lisa M. Arreguin's breakthrough guide on the craft of songwriting, she will show you a way out of your creative malaise by helping to clarify, build, and deliver your musical message in every song you write.

Artists transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. All too often, the talent that brings so much beauty into our lives is poorly compensated. If you’re a creative entrepreneur and you want to take control of your career and start earning what you’re worth, this is the guide for you. In Blazing the Freelance Trail, Eric Holter shares insights from his three decades as a creative entrepreneur. He covers everything from the motivation to create to how to successfully manage the business and financial side of your creative enterprise.

Think creativity is something reserved for a select, chosen few? Think it's a natural talent...either you have it or you don't? Think again! Prepare to have your preconceived notions about creativity shattered as you learn just how much innate, creative talent you truly possess. You’ll begin by redefining creativity, then proceed to learn about those things that keep you away from your true creative potential - the dreaded enemies of creativity.

In the tradition of A Whole New Mind and The War of Art, graffiti artist and corporate thought leader Erik Wahl explores the power of creativity to achieve superior performance. Somehow we've come to believe that creativity is reserved for the chosen few: the poets, the painters, the writers. The truth is creativity is in all of us and re-discovering it is the key to unlocking your fullest potential.

Access a level of creativity you never thought possible, using techniques Tom Sturges - former head of creative at Universal Music Publishing Group - learned in his 25-plus years in the music industry. Every Idea Is a Good Idea invites listeners to find the pathway to their own creative endeavors.

¿Sientes que llevas una tormenta de ideas dentro, pero no logras desatarla? ¿Te frustra ver cómo otros crean, avanzan y se expresan, mientras tú te quedas bloqueado/a, dudando o esperando el momento perfecto? No te preocupes. Este libro tiene la solución. Juanjo Ramos , autor de bestsellers y experto en psicología práctica, te guía en un viaje brutalmente honesto hacia tu potencial creativo más salvaje y auténtico . No necesitas ser artista. No necesitas “inspiración divina”. Solo necesitas conectar con tu parte reprimida.

Most professionals cannot generate a solid idea. They either offer up tired or reused ones, or they generate lots of ideas but none that are worth pursuing. A great idea presents a well-formulated thought or plan of action that spurs growth, change, advancement, adaptation, or new insight. Worthwhile ideas move the needle; they change the playing field altogether.

Trasforma i tuoi sogni in realtà, un giorno alla volta, una visualizzazione al giorno. Scopri come trasformare i tuoi desideri più profondi in realtà tangibili con questo programma pratico di 30 giorni, ispirato agli insegnamenti del classico di Genevieve Behrend Il potere della visualizzazione. Basato sulla filosofia della maestra della Scienza della Mente, questo workbook ti guiderà attraverso un percorso quotidiano, aiutandoti a sviluppare e rafforzare il tuo potere di visualizzazione.

Ideas on a Deadline is the definitive book for creative people who have to deliver breakthrough ideas on demand. One of the most destructive myths about creativity is the idea that we need to wait for inspiration. But as artist Chuck Close said, "Inspiration is for amateurs—the rest of us just show up and get to work." Whether you're a designer, writer, musician, or filmmaker, or an executive, engineer, teacher or salesperson, this book will show you how to "prime the pump" of your creativity, overcome the blocks, and deliver great ideas when you need them the most.

The Fire Inside, through a well-researched collection of essays and heart-opening personal stories, invites listeners to uncover their unique talents and live out their individual dreams. Within each one of us are vast untapped reservoirs of creativity, and when we connect with that potential, our lives will open in wonderful and joy-filled ways.

According to this year's most comprehensive study, there are over 57 million freelancers in the US alone and growing. The largest segment of that freelance community is made up of artists and creative professionals such as designers, writers, filmmakers, etc. The appeal to become self-employed is global. Statistically, freelancers make more money per hour than traditional employees. More and more each year, Millennial and Generation Z women and men are choosing freelancing instead of traditional employment. It's a great way to have a flexible lifestyle and be your own boss.

The knowledge of one's purpose is the key to unlocking one's fullest potential. It is the fuel of vision, and very few discover it. In this book, Rotimi Kehinde prolifically expounds on finding your unique purpose, developing a platform, and leaving a legacy. It's compelling, witty, and fun, and the truth is artfully expressed in a masterpiece that will get you living the life you were created to live.

Women comprise 51 percent of the world's population, make up over half of the workforce, and control 85 percent of consumer decisions. It's estimated that two thirds of the nation's wealth will be in women's hands by 2030. Never before have women been so degreed or so represented as decisionmakers in all areas of influence.