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Michael Jordan and countless other NBA stars credit George Mumford with transforming their game. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford shares his story and strategies in The Mindful Athlete. His proven techniques transform the performance of anyone with a goal, be they an Olympian, weekend warrior, executive, hacker, or artist.

One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions - and finds some surprising conclusions.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back. “The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction...

العديد من الدراسات أكدت أهمية قراءة ما بين سطور رواية الأمير الصغير. ومن المنطقي أن ترغب في فك شفرة بعض الرموز، أو تبحث عن المعاني الخفية التي ضمَّنها أنطوان دو سانت إكزوبيري في روايته، لكن هذه الطريقة في قراءة رواية الأمير الصغير تختلف كثيرًا عن طريقة قراءة كتابي. لقد أردت من تأليفي هذا الكتاب أن أركز على الأمير الصغير نفسه، على كلماته، ومخاوفه، ومسعاه، والقيم والأحلام التي يعتز بها، والأفكار التي تبناها.

With her trademark humor, enthusiasm, and no-nonsense guidance, #1 New York Times best-selling author of E-Squared Pam Grout invites you on a yearlong "apprenticeship" to recognize and unleash your innate creativity.Making art does not necessarily mean painting a gallery-worthy still life or...

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.

Have you ever arrived on the scene of a house fire to find a frantic woman in the driveway? As a firefighter, you know instinctively what this means: there is a child inside. You immediately enter "the zone" because you know what to do. This is based on your training and experience. The feeling of being "in the zone", is referred to in the field of positive psychology as "the flow".

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.

More than just a guide, Becoming Unstoppable is an invitation to rise above the ordinary, to challenge the status quo, and to live the life you were meant to lead.

“Well-researched…[Soon] argues that in many cases eminent figures have done great work while putting off work they were supposed to be doing. Procrastination might, for some people, be part of innovation and the creative process.” — Wall Street Journal A fun and erudite celebration of...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Experience the book that started the Quiet Movement and revolutionized how the world sees introverts—and how introverts see themselves—by offering validation, inclusion, and inspiration “Superbly researched, deeply insightful, and a fascinating read, Quiet...

Find your creative purpose. Overcoming the barriers to innovation is easier than you think. Marc Silber, best-selling author and award-wining creative and educator shows you how to avoid the traps of procrastination, overthinking, and self-doubt. The exercises in Create are specifically designed to help you find certainty and confidence in self-expression.

Creativity is the key driver of innovation, but too many teams and projects are organized in ways that stifle new ideas. It's your job as a manager to create the right conditions for creativity to thrive—and to be part of the process yourself.

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.

Do you want to have great ideas? Do you want to break out of the rut of conventional thinking? Would you like to be a genius? Would presenting brilliant ideas help in your job, career, and social life? How to be a Brilliant Thinker will help you to achieve all these ideals, by helping you to think in powerful new ways. It tells you how to harness techniques in lateral thinking, analytical thinking, problem analysis, idea generation and other areas so that you become much more creative.

Would you like to be able to understand people better? Would knowing about body language or behavioral traits help you in your business and personal life? Is it possible to learn this art? The short answer to the last question is yes. And understanding others, their needs and wants, is crucial when it comes to forming relationships and making a success of them, whether it is in our personal or professional lives. In this audiobook, How to Analyze People, you will uncover the secrets to working out what people want.

Sit back and relax and learn about why overworking and under resting can be harmful to yourself and your career. "Rest is such a valuable book. If work is our national religion, Pang is the philosopher reintegrating our bifurcated selves."---Arianna Huffington, New York Times Book Review...

Erik Wahl, a visual artist, speaker, and entrepreneur, helps us unite the yin and yang of creativity - the dynamic new ideas with the dogged effort. He shows why we won't get far if we rely on the spark without the grind or the grind without the spark. What the world really needs are the creators who can hold the two in balance. This audiobook offers surprising insights and practical advice about how to fan the sparks and make the grind more productive.

Prepare to embark on a journey of self-exploration with Julia Leckey and her game-changing book, A Seven-Stage Health Blueprint. This blueprint will guide you away from fear and toward action, helping you transform life's obstacles into opportunities for growth.

We live in a society seduced by stuff. Advertising and not so clever marketing make us want any conceivable object, and in this age of mass production, materialism has become an epidemic. Our belongings have become no more than self-imposed, self-maintained jail bars, and it's time to break free, and maybe make a little cash in the process. Understand and learn how to get the most of your living space by following exercises such as the 20%-80% rule, and the 4 box system.