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Tired of all the "shoulds" that guide your life? Want to create a life full of meaning? Work on your own terms? See the world a little differently? Then it's time to Own Your Weird. Creative entrepreneur Jason Zook certainly walks the walk of "owning his weird." He's had some crazy yet...

Every meaningful change begins with a creative act. Whether you’re leading a team, launching a project, teaching students, pastoring a congregation, or building something on the side, you’re constantly facing the same questions: Where do I start? What do I do next? How do I keep going when it gets hard? The first chapter of the Bible doesn’t just tell us that God created—it shows us how He creates.

Imagine living a creative life of order and focus, without being overwhelmed by clutter and chaos! Do you often find yourself stuck in a whirlwind of thoughts and tasks, struggling to find a clear path forward? Are you longing for a way to manage your creative energies more effectively without losing your unique spark? Are you exhausted from the constant cycle of starting projects with enthusiasm, only to abandon them due to disorganization and sensory overload? Trust that you're not alone, and this book was written specifically for you.

This book is a study of the psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of creativity, originality, and inspiration viewed from the lens of a seasoned game developer. It introduces the concept of creative sobriety—a practice that advocates better understanding our own sources of inspiration so...

As writers, we all know what an incredible tool dictation software can be. It enables us to write faster and avoid the dangers of RSI and a sedentary lifestyle. But many of us give up on dictating when we find we can't get the accuracy we need. This book changes all of that. With almost two decades of using Dragon software under his belt, Scott will reveal how to supercharge your writing and achieve sky-high recognition accuracy from the moment you start using the software.

Practical, psychological methods to turn your thoughts into reality, instead of endless avoidance and laziness. Transform from struggling with getting off your butt, to a machine of productivity and self-discipline. Create an action bias in your life - starting now. This audiobook tells you how to break inertia, overthinking, paralysis, sloth, and insecurity. Take Action Like Your Life Depends on It deconstructs the psychology of laziness and why tomorrow always sounds like a better idea.

'Inspiring' - Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Write It All Down 'Fascinating and useful' - Joe Moran, author of First You Write A Sentence Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way. Where do the best ideas come...

Unlock your creativity with an exciting new set of keys—the 9 Enneagram energy types—in an inspiring guide from Russ Hudson, one of the Enneagram’s original developers and most renowned teachers. If you’re interested in what makes you (and others) tick, you’ve probably come across the...

UNLEARNING: 15 Experiments That Transformed My Life is an inspiring journey of self-discovery and personal transformation. International best selling author Kunal Gupta shares vulnerably and openly the bold and sometimes radical experiments he willingly did to unlearn the societal norms and habits that no longer served him. By challenging conventional wisdom, he embarked on a path to discover a more intentional, fulfilling way of living.

Even if you don't think of yourself as creative, you'd probably be surprised by how many creative tools you use every day. You solve problems, design, write, invent, or, in other words, create. But the pressure we feel to continually create value with our minds can cause tremendous stress and eventually neutralize our ability to be effective in our roles long term. Daily Creative is a daily book for busy professionals, creative and otherwise, designed to help you gain focus for your day and advance toward your goals.

We will explore practical strategies for increasing confidence levels, overcoming self-doubt and negative self-talk, and building a positive mindset. By the end of the hour, you will have the tools you need to feel more confident in all areas of your life.

We’ve all been there. You get a brand-new journal and are so excited to start writing in it. You open it up, just to be utterly intimidated by that first blank page staring back at you. Maybe, you summon your courage and are able to get past that first page and write in your journal for a day or two, but then the novelty wears off. Your journal entries dwindle, and before you know it, your journal is just left sitting on the shelf with all those blank pages full of untapped potential.

For 14 years, five-time Edgar winner and MWA grandmaster Lawrence Block wrote a monthly column on fiction for Writers Digest magazine. These columns yielded four books regarded as classics: Telling Lies for Fun & Profit, Spider Spin Me a Web, The Liar's Bible, and now, The Liar's Companion. Listen to The Liar's Companion and gain inspiration to create outstanding fiction.

The creator of the Unmistakable Creative podcast makes a counterintuitive argument: By focusing your creative work on pleasing yourself, you can increase your productivity, happiness, and (eventually, paradoxically) the size of your audience. Creating for your own pleasure--whether you're...

In this joyous and inventive rereading of the beloved children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon, the author of How We Change (And Ten Reasons Why We Don’t) celebrates our inherent “sacred originality” and establishes a new framework for self-reliance. In 1955, Crockett Johnson...

Everyone knows the phrase, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” A singular link goes further. It is a connection that creates something qualitatively new, not just an improvement, but a shift in kind. Claude Shannon joined logic and communication to launch digital computation.

In every creator’s journey, there comes a stage where mental challenges are bigger than artistic ones—and it can be hard to know where to turn. This insightful book offers a rich source of mental strategies, resilience tips, and practical advice tailored specifically for creatives.

Unlock the potential of Gen Z talent and channel the dynamic energy of the next generation to seamlessly integrate into the workplace. Uncover the truth as I reveal the secret to channeling Gen Z energy into focused productivity. Bust the myth and discover how tapping into their unique perspective can actually strengthen your company's core values. Dive into the realm of constructive criticism that transforms feedback sessions into powerful catalysts.

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.

Leonardo da Vinci was searching for a way out of poverty when he started designing, tinkering, thinking, and training himself. He still sets the example hundreds of years later for how to be a genius. How to be the thinker that can excel in any environment. Leonardo da Vinci's Mental Models is a book about the various tools da Vinci used to help fuel the Italian Renaissance. He had a hand in everything, from weapons design, engineering, anatomy and physiology, art, and of course painting. Learn about this paragon of the brain and how to harness the techniques he used daily.