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We all grow up with the assumption that everybody perceives the world in the same way that we do and, as an adult, live what we feel to be normal lives and interact socially just like anyone else. Imagine what would happen to you if you found out that you are really very different, that you have been compensating all of your life and that what you considered normal behavior was actually an elaborate coping mechanism you had created for yourself. Your...

Are you ready to unlock the secrets of creativity and transform your life?Have you ever wondered how creative thinking can impact every aspect of your life, from personal growth to professional success?What if you could learn practical strategies and benefit from inspiring stories that could unlock your full creative potential?Are you a parent looking to inspire creativity in your children?Have you ever thought about the connection between creativity...

The Creative Process in the Individual scientifically explains "a sequence of creative action commencing with the formation of the globe and culminating in a vista of infinite possibilities attainable by everyone, who follows up the right line for their unfoldment." Troward asserts, "We each have a divine right of creation. Sharing in that divine power to create what is good will open up a wonderful vista of possibilities." Thomas Troward was an early...

The book explores the role of leisure in modern life. It was written in the belief that leisure sets us apart as a species, that what is "useless" by commercial standards is probably the best thing we have going for us, and that leisure is under attack, in high danger of being lost, and has been for some time (since at least the end of the Second World War). The source of the problem is the ascendancy of the economic imperative, the subordination...

Max Einstein and a group of international geniuses use their creativity and curiosity to help solve some of the world's toughest problems with science.--

M Train is a journey through eighteen "stations." It begins in the tiny Greenwich Village caf�e where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. We then travel across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations: from Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico, to a meeting of an Arctic explorer's society in Berlin; from the ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's...

Isn't It Time to Rediscover Your Innate Creativity? Wouldn't You Like to Transform into the Innovator That Your Business Needs? Being a creative person is something that most people can learn how to be and do. Being highly creative, with the right way of thinking, is something very few people even know about. So, forget what you think you know about creative thinking and discover the secrets of a few insiders. Whether you're running a large corporation,...

How to systematically engineer creativity from nothing and unleash your inner ingenuity. Creative thinking is surrounded by so much mystique and myth. It's time to cut through the static and learn how to become an idea-generating machine. Spark your imagination, improve your thinking, and solve problems. Creative Like da Vinci will take you inside the mind of Leonardo da Vinci, famous polymath of the Italian Renaissance - but it won't stop there....

Use the mental tools that the world's greatest thinkers used to generate epiphanies, explore the world, and hone their reasoning. In traditional education, you're taught to recite and regurgitate. Going a step farther, you might learn some critical thinki

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