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What is genius? The word evokes iconic figures like Einstein, Beethoven, Picasso, and Steve Jobs, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society. Yet Beethoven could not multiply. Picasso couldn’t pass a fourth grade math test. And Jobs left high school with a 2.65 GPA. The Hidden Habits of Genius explores the meaning of this contested term, and the unexpected motivations of those we have dubbed "genius" throughout history, from Charles Darwin and Marie Curie to Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to Toni Morrison and Elon Musk.

The hypnotherapy you are about to undergo will guide you to experience peace in mind, body, and spirit. The vivid suggestions, scientifically designed sounds, and the soothing voice of Dr. Siani will take you to a deep level of relaxation where you can concentrate on the details of the results you want to attract into your life.

As you shift your mindset, you will automatically feel like taking inspired action in alignment with what you want. So that you can manifest more money and abundance while tuning yourself into new opportunities. In this audiobook, you will discover the best methods to help you align your mindset and actions to the energy of money, wealth, and abundance (in a very practical way)!

Amidst the deluge of advice for businesspeople, there lies an overlooked tool, a key to thriving in today's fast-paced, unpredictable environment: improvisation. In Getting to "Yes And" veteran improv performer, university professor, CEO, and consultant Bob Kulhan unpacks a form of mental agility with powers far beyond the entertainment value of comedy troupes.

Welcome to the Creative Club smashes the myth that creativity is reserved for the chosen few and invites people to make life their biggest art project. This book is for anyone who’s felt stuck in someone else’s story, silenced by self-doubt, or afraid they’ve lost their creativity—and is ready to remember what it means to create and live fully.

In Ungifted, cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman - who was relegated to special education as a child - sets out to show that the way we interpret traditional metrics of intelligence is misguided. Kaufman explores the latest research in genetics and neuroscience, as well as evolutionary, developmental, social, positive, and cognitive psychology, to challenge the conventional wisdom about the childhood predictors of adult success. He reveals that there are many paths to greatness, and argues for a more holistic approach to achievement that takes into account each young person’s personal goals, individual psychology, and developmental trajectory.

It isn't enough to just do your job anymore. In order to thrive in today's marketplace, all of us, regardless of our role, have to be ready to generate brilliant ideas on demand. Business creativity expert Todd Henry explains how to establish effective practices that unleash your creative potential. Born out of his consultancy and his popular podcast, Henry has created a practical method for discovering your personal creative rhythm.

Anita Moorjani Po czterech latach walki z rakiem, Anita Moorjani przegrała ją. Pozostawiając ciało za sobą, zrozumiała, że nim nie jest, a jej esencja nie umiera nigdy. Po drugiej stronie istnienia poznała przyczynę swej choroby, sens i cel życia oraz znaczenie bezwarunkowej miłości do samej siebie. Gdy podjęła decyzję o powrocie do świata ziemskiego, jej ciało, jak na życzenie, powróciło do zdrowia w ciągu kilku dni, a jej życie rozkwitło spełnieniem.

In The Geography of Genius, acclaimed travel writer Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas. He explores the history of places, like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Song Dynasty Hangzhou, and Silicon Valley, to show how certain urban settings are conducive to ingenuity.

This audiobook brings together 500 profound insights from 250 of the world's most influential minds. With quotes from Rosa Parks to Babe Ruth, Georgia O'Keeffe to Fyodor Dostoevsky, this collection captures the timeless essence of human thought and experience. In our fast-paced world, these quotes offer a moment of pause. They challenge, inspire, and illuminate, providing a lens through which to view our own lives and the world around us.

With her trademark humor, enthusiasm, and no-nonsense guidance, Pam Grout, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of E-Squared, 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 belting out a Grammy-winning song. It simply means finding a way to give your inner muse a voice in this world.

‘Power of Play’ is a deep exploration into a small word with huge effects. The first book to travel the complete landscape of ‘play’, it reframes what you might think childish into the driving energy behind imagination and the mesh of forms we call culture. Spanning our evolution and the blooming of ideas, it explores exactly how our brains are uniquely built to play and create, through childhood, education and work, to all the real-world games we’re immersed in.

Our brains are noisy; certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming, worrying about the future, and self-chatter, taking up to forty-seven percent of our waking time. This is mindwandering—and while it can tug your attention away from the present, cognitive neuroscientist Moshe Bar is here to tell you about the method behind this apparent madness. Mindwandering is the first popular book to explore this multi-faceted phenomenon of your wandering mind and introduces you to the new, exciting research behind it.

This is an audio summary or Mindset, a book that discusses the differences between people with a fixed mindset versus those with a growth mindset. This book demonstrates how we can achieve our goals by changing our mindset.

Where did this notion that we have the power to shape our own destiny come from? How can we separate wishful daydreams from the authentic work of creation? With her intuitive grasp of spiritual truths and her no-nonsense presentation, Caroline Myss cuts through the myths surrounding manifestation in her wholly original new audio program, Your Power to Create.

What really distinguishes the people who literally change the world - those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from the merely creative, the many one-hit wonders among us? Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people - Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs - to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again.

Neste livro, o aclamado psicólogo Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reúne mais de trinta anos de pesquisas e cem entrevistas com personalidades para explorar como o processo criativo floresce. Com uma linguagem leve e um texto consistente, o psicólogo recorre ao seu famoso conceito de flow — um estado de consciência alcançado quando estamos em completa concentração e focados em uma atividade — para analisar a maneira como as pessoas criativas e famosas trabalham.

Why two heads are no better than one, how never to regret a decision again, protect yourself against hidden persuaders, and tell when someone is lying to you. Most people would like to be more decisive. For years, gurus and ‘life coaches’ have urged people to improve their lives by changing the way they think and behave, but scientific research has revealed that many of their techniques, including group brainstorming, are ineffective.

The Desire Factor proves that desire is the force behind every act of creation. It is the mechanism through which everything in this boundless spiritual universe is made manifest into physical, tangible form. Every aspect of our human experience - from the emergence of our most heartfelt aspirations to the fulfillment of our most basic physical and biological needs - is driven by the engine of desire.

Have you ever wanted to understand why you're the rarest of the 16 personalities out of the Myers-Briggs? While implementing the inner strength to your full potential? The INFJ (Logical Empath) takes you on an in-depth journey towards understanding why you are the way you are in just one or two short sittings. At points, I encourage you to listen and allow your mind to sip and ponder on how the descriptions within apply to you uniquely. I guarantee that you'll have psychological fun!