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Axiom Business Book Award Winner in Entrepreneurship Category Read by the author. Learn to make creativity work for your career. Anyone, regardless of who you are or what you do, can cultivate the habits, actions, and attitudes that inspire creativity and innovation. There has never been a more...

Aprende más rápido y recuerda por más tiempo aplicando neurociencia real. Este libro explica, con claridad y sin tecnicismos, cómo aprende el cerebro y cómo convertir ese conocimiento en métodos de estudio y práctica que multiplican tu retención y tu desempeño académico/profesional. Qué vas a dominar (paso a paso): Fundamentos del aprendizaje: neuronas, sinapsis y plasticidad explicadas simple. Atención y codificación: cómo preparar el entorno y tu estado mental para absorber mejor. Práctica de evocación y repetición espaciada: por qué funcionan y cómo aplicarlas sin ...

From bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing. Writing can feel like an endless series of decisions. How does one face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover how art can improve our health, make us happier and even help us live longer with the inspiring new book from the award-winning scientist and world-leading expert. DIET. SLEEP. EXERCISE. NATURE. ARTS? Many of us consider making and consuming art to be a hobby...

What are you afraid of? The old rules: Play it safe. Stay in your comfort zone. Find an institution, a job, a set of rules to stick to. Keep your head down. Don’t fly too close to the sun. The new truth: It’s better to be sorry than safe. You need to fly higher than ever. In his bravest and...

From artist, psychiatrist, and founder of The Artist's Journey courses in creativity: the path to the art and life you've dreamed of. Inspiration for your creative journey. Art mirrors our inner state in ways that are meaningful and mysterious. Creativity is central to feeling alive. Are you an artist tired of feeling blocked from expressing onto the canvas the art that lives deep within you? It's later than you think. You don't want to come to your final moments regretting your unlived dreams.

Think creatively like a human. Analyze and solve problems efficiently like a computer. Our everyday lives are filled with inefficient and ineffective decisions and solutions. Being overwhelmed by the magnitude of our problems makes it hard to think clearly. We procrastinate and overthink. Our thoughts are tainted with biases. If only there was a way to simplify our decision-making and problem-solving process and get satisfying, consistent results! The good news is, there is! Apply computer algorithms to your everyday problems.

Dedico este pequeño Devocionario Humano a todos los pobres y ricos del mundo, a quienes contagio con un gran y noble espíritu humano y social, al tiempo que les inyecto el mejor optimismo y les doy una inextinguible e infinita luz en el sendero de la vida, y les pongo a su alcance la más nítida y sublime esperanza terrena que los salvará. Todos, si somos honestos con nosotros mismos y con la sociedad a la que nos debemos por entero, y si tenemos un carácter viril y dignidad, debemos esforzarnos por crear las comodidades para vivir de manera digna, libre, humana y decente, y sin ...

The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process

In this specially combined edition with a new foreword, Academy Award–winning producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed author Charles Fishman blend their insights from bestselling books A Curious Mind and Face to Face to transform the art of connecting with and through curiosity. In A Curious Mind...

Master the art of the start with this new way of thinking, with exercises to help you unleash your ideas and create more. In Start More Than You Can Finish, writer, artist, and entrepreneur Becky Blades offers a powerful new mindset for our modern world: acting on more ideas makes us happier –...

A practical, illustrated guide to using the tools of design to create feelings of inclusion, collaboration, and respect in groups of any type or size—a classroom, a work team, an international organization—from Stanford University's d.school. “This is a beautiful book. Wise has applied the...

When Kent Nerburn received a letter from Jennifer, a young woman questioning her calling to spend her life in the arts, the writer and artist was struck by how closely her questions mirrored the doubts and yearnings of his own youth. Nerburn resolved that he would write his own letter: a letter of welcome and encouragement to all young artists setting out on the same strange and magical journey, sharing the wisdom of a life spent working in the arts.

¿Te gustaría convertirte en el alma de las reuniones, hacer reír a tus amigos o simplemente tener conversaciones más interesantes? Este libro es tu guía definitiva para dominar el humor. En "El arte de ser gracioso", aprenderás a aplicar técnicas probadas para ser más gracioso, ingenioso y entretenido en cualquier situación. Repleto de ejemplos prácticos, ejercicios y consejos accesibles, este libro es ideal para quienes desean mejorar su sentido del humor, conectar mejor con los demás y destacar en cualquier entorno social. Tanto si eres el tímido del grupo como si ya tienes ...

Too much revenue? Have you ever known a company to be in trouble because of too much revenue? Of course not. This book shows you how to gear up and jumpstart your revenue. That's it. Revenue. The best way of beefing up the bottom line is to feed the top line. Here are some things you’ll learn from Marketing Outrageously: Marketing outrageously is the safest way to go. (Really.) How to feel comfortable pushing the outrageous envelope. (Cool.) When to ask the most important question to lead to outrageous results. (Color yourself: listening.) Don't mistake this book for just sales and ...

Modern science and ancient wisdom agree—everything is in a state of vibration. Pioneering sound healer Jonathan Goldman brings these two traditions together on Vocal Toning the Chakras, teaching listeners to harness the power of their own voices—and to bring each chakra humming to life...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Uncover your own hidden abilities, sharpen your senses, and liberate your unique intelligence by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci. “By capturing the very essence and Da Vinci’s life and genius—the seemingly perfect...

The fastest way to succeed as an author is to write more books. How do you do that with a day job, family, school or all your other time commitments? The secret I,s efficiency. 5,000 Words Per Hour will help you maximize your writing time by building effective habits that both measure and increase your writing speed. Create an effective writing habit. Track and improve your WPH.

SoulCollage® is an accessible collage process with practical applications that has a growing international community. It's easy to learn and it's inexpensive. Best of all, it inspires individual creativity and encourages good communication in families and groups. SoulCollage® is adaptable to many contexts and groups. Anyone can enjoy the multi-leveled, creative process. All you need is a good pair of scissors, pre-cut mat board cards, images you can find anywhere, and glue! When you have made some cards, you can consult them, asking important life questions and letting your cards speak ...

The keys to success as a writer are yours for the thinking! All success begins in the mind. For writers, the mind fuels the imagination and creates stories. But for authors who are productive and resilient, and see a good return on their efforts, there is another factor at work. They are winning the mental game of writing. Successful writers have the ability to inspire themselves to produce consistently, improve systematically, overcome obstacles and keep up a positive mental attitude. In this book, #1 bestselling writing teacher James Scott Bell takes you through the mental landscape of ...