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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Creative people's messy minds often readily embrace contradictions.
Chapter 3: Creative people are deeply driven to master the subjects they most dearly love.
Chapter 4: Creative people are naturally sensitive and highly perceptive.
Chapter 5: Creative people are predisposed to embrace new experiences, which often spark inspiration.
Chapter 6: Daydreaming and intuition help creative people deeply connect with their inner selves.
Chapter 7: Creative minds embrace solitude, which grants them space to focus on their passion.
Chapter 8: Creative people make misfortune useful, turning hard experiences into real opportunities for growth.
Chapter 9: Boost creativity by sharpening attentiveness to the present moment.
Chapter 10: Creative people uncover new possibilities by disrupting their habitual thought and behavior patterns.
Chapter 11: Creative people forge new connections by boldly risking failure and rejecting convention.
Description
Wired to Create (2015) attempts to make sense of that elusive human trait, creativity. It traces recent discoveries in neuroscience and psychology by exploring the habits and practices of highly creative people. The “messy minds” and contradictory traits of creative achievers reveal the importance of habits such as imaginative play and daydreaming, passion and intuition or openness and sensitivity, all of which have been central to great art and innovation throughout human history.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who wants to increase creative expression in their life and work
- People curious about how creative minds function
- Artists or innovators seeking inspiration for their own processes