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The Art of creative thinking: 89 ways to see things differently

Judkins, Rod Unknown A Perigee Book (New York, 2016) (eng) English 9780399176838 Unknown Unknown SELF ACTUALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); Unknown In short and engaging entries, this deceptively simple volume presents examples of creative thinkers from the worlds of writing, music, architecture, painting, technology, and more, shedding light on their process, and showing how each of us can learn from them to improve our lives and our work. Subjects range from the grueling practice schedule of the Beatles and the relentless revisions of Tolkien, Sondheim, and Picasso to the surprisingly slapdash creation of The Simpsons. You’ll learn about the most successful class in history (in which every student won a Nobel Prize), how frozen peas were invented, why J.K. Rowling likes to write in cafes, and how 95 percent of Apocalypse Now ended up on the cutting-room floor. Takeaways include: - Doubt everything all the time. - Plan to have more accidents. - Be mature enough to be childish. - Contradict yourself more often. - Be practically useless. - If it ain’t broke, break it. - Surprise yourself. - Look forward to disappointment. - Be as incompetent as possible.
Physical dimension
vii, 199 p. 19 cm. ill.
Summary / review / table of contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
See what happens when you make something happen
Be a beginner, forever
Blame Michelangelo
Be committed to commitment
Be the medium of your medium
Don’t be someone else
Be a generator
Be positive about negatives
Don’t think about what others think about
Doubt everything all the time
Feel inadequate
Be practically useless
Be perceptive about perception
Be naturally inspired
Don’t be an expert on yourself
Be stubborn about compromise
Be a weapon of mass creation
Get into what you’re into
Cut it out
Grow up without growing old
If it ain’t broke, break it
Pick yourself up
Challenge the challenging
Find out how to find out
Leave an impression
Design a difference
Be as incompetent as possible
Maintain momentum
Make the present a present
Be mature enough to be childish
Aspire to have no goals
Open your mind
Pause for thoughtlessness
Plan to have more accidents
If you can’t be really good, be really bad
Raise the dead
Be a conservative revolutionary
Work the hours that work for you
Search without finding
Don’t overlook the overlooked
Put the right thing in the wrong place
Stay hungry
Surprise yourself
Suspend judgment
Take advantage of a disadvantage
Throw truth bombs
Throw yourself into yourself
Use shock and awe
Value obscurity
Value shared values
If something isn’t broken, fix it
Light a fire in your mind
Discover how to discover
To stand out, work out what you stand for
To achieve something, do nothing
Get into credit
Search high and low
Mine your mind
Look forward to disappointment
Think with your feelings
Bring chaos to order
Take what you need
Remake, then remake the remake
Be curious about curiosity
Become anonymous
Achieve the perfect work-life balance
Make what you say unforgettable
Don’t experiment, be an experiment
Stop missing opportunities
Contradict yourself more often
Look over the horizon
Immerse yourself
Cross-pollinate
Take jokes seriously
Go from a to b via z
Never leave improvisation to chance
Reject acceptance and accept rejection
Be as annoying as possible
Get out of your mind
Stay playful
Don’t follow the herd
Project yourself into the future
Box your way out of boxes
To learn, teach
Be an everyday radical
Make freedom a career
Try this at home
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