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Wired to Create

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind

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Wired to Create

By: Carolyn Gregoire, Scott Barry Kaufman PhD
Narrated by: Nick Podehl
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Based on the authors' wildly popular Huffington Post article "18 Things That Creative People Do Differently" (which generated five million views and 500,000 Facebook shares in one week), this well-researched and engaging audiobook uncovers what we know about creativity, and what anyone can do to enhance this essential aspect of their lives and work.

Filled with insights from the lives of well-known artists and visionaries, along with scientific findings and practical advice, this smart, lively and inspiring audiobook reveals these creativity-sparking habits:

Daydreaming

Taking Time for Solitude

Seeking out New Experiences

Nurturing Emotional Sensitivity

Turning Challenges into Opportunities for Growth

Making Time for Play

Following Passions

Practicing Mindfulness

Listening to Intuition

Challenging the Status Quo

Achieving Mastery

What Quiet did for introverts Wired to Create will do for creative individuals, along with anyone who aspires to be one - that is, it will help them see themselves in a positive light and enhance their strengths, even though they are not always the most conventional ones.

©2015 Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Recorded by arrangement with Perigree, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Creativity Creativity & Genius Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Meditation Inspiring
Insightful Creativity Exploration • Helpful Creative Guidance • Clean Narration • Educational Content • Inspiring Material
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Liked the information and yet found the voice challenging to listen to. I would either like to hear it read by someone else or to read the book

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This book is amazing. anyone who is or wants to be more creative needs to read it . It is amazingly inspiring. go create 😊

read it

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Trying to become more of an artist I found my self spending a lot of time online reading on the subject of creativity. Then I stumbled upon this book and went into depth into 10 different traits or things creative people do. First book I've listened to on this subject but I thought it was great. It gives examples of artists such as The Beatles, Steve Jobs, Edgar Alan Poe, Alan Watts, Leonardo Davinci and a whole others.

Exactly what I was looking for!

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It's a good, light read for anyone not entrenched in the scientific minutiae of this sort of psychology. References are adequately cited, but not bludgeoned to death.

Some concepts seem to be naively pushed onto the reader at first, only to later get explained away or clarified. It happens a few times throughout. This is a horrible writing style for anything purporting to be scientific, but it doesn't happen frequently enough to cause one to discount the value of the book.

The book is full of useful and non-trivial explanations for why we do what we do. I found it educational, inspiring, and motivating, but not ground breaking or profoundly insightful.

Seems to lack insightfulness first, but picks up

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This book made me think in all of the best ways and I’ve already recommended it to so many people. The narrator was well spoken and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to him.

Absolutely phenomenal

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so much i could say. if references to research and citations for further knowledge excite you then this book is a must read. i want to eat it its so good. hows that for psychology..

I want to read this 10 times over stat.

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Enjoyed both books, but this one really helped carry the message through to full impact

Similar to Art of Impossible, but a bit more consumable

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I stopped after the first chapter because I could not bear the narrator’s grating voice and political commentary-type presentation. Then I went back and listened only for the content which is gold. This could help so many people if it were re-recorded by narrator Walter Dixon!

The content is gold

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I liked the content, but it wasn’t anything too world changing or new research. (But then again, I listen/(&read) to a couple hundred books a year, so it might be hard to hear anything new at this point).

However, the narrator was exhausting to listen to. He sounded like an old-timey newscaster and every sentence had that “newsflash” kind of cadence and it was hard to stay focused (which is not usually a problem) at times. Also too fast of a read. After a few hours my head was pounding.

A cornucopia of disciplines mixed together

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I first read the physical book 4 years ago, and decided to listen to the audio book. it's still an amazing book, diving into human creativity. one of my favorites.

I do have to say, my only major dislike is the high praise of Thomas Edison in the last chapter, claiming him to be the world's best inventor, yet making NO mention of Nikola Tesla?! This part leaves a bit of disgust in my mouth... other than that, this book is tremendously helpful to creatives, in understanding the inner-workings, and to live an even more creative life!

absolutely great book! only 1 dislike

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