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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity's quintessential-and often overlooked-role in the spiritual life. Written over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of "making." What he does in the studio, he asserts, is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"The Harvard Business Review looked at 300 of the most creative, successful executives in business and found that they shared a number of tendencies and characteristics, but one stood out at the top of the list--they all were master questioners.It's not necessity, but a question--a "beautiful" question--that is the mother of invention. The world's leading innovators, inventors, business entrepreneurs, and creative minds, seem to be exceptionally good...
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Candy fairies. Main series volume 11
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When Princess Lolli's parents visit the Candy Kingdom, the Candy Fairies know the perfect way to entertain their guests: a talent show! There's singing! There's dancing! One Candy Fairy even plays the flute. But as hard as she tries, Cocoa the Chocolate Fairy isn't the best of performers. She thinks maybe the show would be better if she didn't participate. But everyone has a special talent, Cocoa just needs to discover what hers is!
85) Anywhere artist
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A young artist explains how she uses the materials provided by nature, as well as her imagination and creativity, to fuel her art.
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English
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How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new insights. After years of research, Christensen and his co-authors have...
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Français
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Dans le vaste royaume du langage, les mots ne sont pas de simples éléments syntaxiques, mais des créateurs d'émotions, des sculpteurs de l'âme humaine. Ils transcendent le simple acte de communication pour devenir les architectes de nos expériences les plus intimes. Certains de ces mots, tels des artisans de la pluie, ont le pouvoir de déclencher des larmes, d'insuffler une mélancolie qui se répand comme une brume émotionnelle. D'autres,...
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English
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Discover a more mindful, resilient, and adaptive perspective of the world with "Shifting Paradigms: Uncover the Secrets of a Growth Mindset". This comprehensive guide aims to provide readers with an in-depth understanding of what it means to have a growth mindset, its origin, and how it differs from a fixed mindset.Delve into the science behind the concept, exploring insights from psychology and neuroscience. The book further explains how the cultivation...
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English
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In this offering, I will provide one method of growing mushrooms. It is a method that has been popularized by the likes of famous growers and forefathers like "Rogerrabbit" (Marc R. Keith) and tweaked throughout the years by the many others that have come after him to help put together useful resources for the growth and consumption of magic mushrooms. The processes outlined here are not vastly different than their methods (also referred to as TEK-style...
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English
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It is already clear that the creative principles we are using to guide our abstractions and to conceive the reality around us are obsolete and in urgent need of revision. Inspired by the holographic paradigm, as well as by some other concepts from quantum physics, this book suggests an alternative and contra-intuitive path, to help us reach the best results with the least effort in everything we do. But, it all comes at a price: the change in our...
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English
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Professionals in modern psychology, behavioral medicine, and psychoneuroimmunology are exploring ways in which we can "mentally" influence our own bodies through hypnosis, imagery, visualization, attention, intention, and other forms of self-regulation--for fostering physical and psychological health and well-being.
93) Show the world!
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"From painting, music, and slam poetry, to engineering, protesting, and photography, a young narrator journeys through her neighborhood, encouraging readers to explore all the many ways they can express themselves."--
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, renowned psychologist Richard Wiseman reveals the powerful life lessons behind humanity's greatest achievement. The historic moon landings were achieved against remarkable odds and within the space of just a few years. How can we apply the secrets of this astronomical success to our own goals, to achieve the impossible in work and in life? Psychologist Richard Wiseman brings together history,...
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English
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Find Your Artistic Voice helps artists and creatives identify and nurture their own visual identity. This one-of-a-kind book helps artists navigate the influence of creators they admire, while simultaneously appreciating the value of their personal journey. Features down-to-earth and encouraging advice from Congdon herself, filled with interviews with established artists, illustrators, and creatives, and answers the question "how do I develop a unique...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"From the legendary music producer, a savant at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book, many years in the making, that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. "I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be." -Rick Rubin Many famed music producers, however brilliant, become known for a particular sound which...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The UnStoppables is based on foreword author Graham Weston's experience growing Rackspace, as well as fascinating case studies from such organizations as the Navy SEALs and Israeli Special Forces. In The UnStoppables Bill Schley, co-founder of the branding firm Brand Team Six shows how the best practitioners think continuously about two things: The Big Picture and the Little Picture--essence and essentials. The essentials are the business and financial...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions. It turns out we're wrong. Sonenshein examines that people and organizations approach resources in two different ways: "chasing" and "stretching." When chasing, we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of more. When stretching, we embrace the resources we already have, creating a powerful framework of resourcefulness that allows anybody to work and live...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Celebrates the benefits that messiness has in our lives: why it's important, why we resist it, and why we should embrace it instead. Using research from neuroscience, psychology, social science, as well as ... examples of real people doing extraordinary things, Tim Harford [posits] that the human qualities we value--creativity, responsiveness, resilience--are integral to the disorder, confusion, and disarray that produce them. In Messy, you’ll...
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