- Paperback: 242 pages
- Publisher: BBC Active; 1 edition (25 Mar 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 056348764X
- ISBN-13: 978-0563487647
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 704,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lord Puttnam
"A compelling guide to developing creative habits of mind."
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Creativity is a major economic force of the 21st Century – and a vital part of everyday life. To achieve harmony, balance and personal success in our lives we need to think more creatively, become self-aware and respond to changing circumstances in a flexible and effective way.
With practical exercises and inspiring examples, Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas demonstrate how to break away from old habits and free up your mind. The show you how to appreciate uncertainty, entertain outrageous opposites and stay open to the forces of ambiguity and possibility. Inklings, hunches, imagination, humour and even dreams can all play their part in liberating your creativity.
- Access Creativity: How to surf your own inner-net, and how to soften up to find inspiration when thinking too hard gets in the way.
- Creativity at Work: How to develop workplaces and build teams that support new thinking and creative dialogue, and allow ideas to germinate.
- Living Creatively: How to take things in, communicate well, uncover possibilities you never dreamed of – and make them work.
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8 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Books on popular psychology tend to be pulled in two directions; partly towards the academic psychology route, and partly towards the 'mind, body, and spirit' route. I tend to prefer the former, hoping that ideas to improve my life are supported by comparisons with results from formal studies, or at least making new hypotheses based on previous research.
Unfortunately, this book felt a bit too much like it was drawing from the latter, with much emphasis on the 'relaxation exercise' detailed early in the book. The other exercises often fall broadly into the category of "get into the relaxed state - think about the subject matter - what thoughts are occuring?"
The only real support for the ideas that the authors have comes from a liberal sprinkling of quotes from prominent figures that they think supports their argument, but which often seem not entirely related to the matter being discussed. Credibility is hardly helped by the use of slightly cringeworthy catchphrases such as "surfing your inner-net". And making broad statements such as "it seems the brain is organised into three layers" don't seem to come with any support, except that obviously the rest of the book falls back on this assumption.
Additionally, many of the exercises won't be much use unless you first record them onto tape or get the version that comes with a cd. The nature of them means that you're expected to be relaxing and not reading, so unless you can memorise a page of text, audio is essential to make the most of what the book offers.
Compared to an Edward de Bono or even a Tony Buzan book, there is precious little of practical use here. The authors would probably claim that I only say this because I am unable to appreciate the benefits of their methods, and perhaps they are right. Either way, I prefer clear practical guidance to the variety of meditate-and-hope-for-the-best exercises on offer here.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Basic Meditations and Basic Info...
30 Sep 2008
Format:Audio CD
I was disappointed in the content and the format. I do believe meditation can be a powerful tool, but I felt that the meditations here were pointless (other than possibly for inducing sleep) and the information presented was superficial fluff with little substance. Luckily, I had checked it out from my library, so I wasn't out anything but my time. I would advise anyone interested to try to do the same, so as to avoid possible wasting your money. I do realize that opinions can vary, so I wouldn't out and out discourage anyone from trying out this book. I would discourage paying money to do so until you know it will do something for you.
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