David Cox

Creative Thinking For Dummies (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Creative thinking made easy Being creative can be tough - and trying to come up with great ideas under pressure can leave the great ideas under wraps! Creative Thinking For Dummies helps you apply creative thinking techniques to everything you touch, whether it's that novel you have inside you or the new business idea you've had that will make you the next hot entrepreneur ??? or anything in between. Creative Thinking For Dummies is a practical, hands-on guide packed with techniques and examples of different ways to think creatively. It covers a range of techniques, including brainstorming, lateral thinking, mind mapping, synectics, drawing and doodling your way to great ideas, meditation and visualization, word and language games, and divergent thinking. * See the world in a different way, and realise that you are surrounded by creative inspiration * Brainstorm new ideas successfully and try out some lateral thinking exercises * Open your mind to a new way of thinking and nail down those great ideas * Discover creative thinking techniques using games, words, drawings, and storytelling * Let creativity enhance all aspects of your life, whether developing your personal skills, becoming more professionally effective, or using creative thinking techniques to help your children develop their creative minds You'll soon discover that everybody, including you, has a wealth of creative potential within--you just need to tap into it!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118381618
• Artikelnr.: 37759011

Autorenporträt

David Cox is a creative business consultant who, since the 1970s, has created, acquired and sold numerous successful businesses. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing as well as a Chartered Practitioner of NLP. David began his education in Fine Art, where he cultivated his interest in creativity. He also trained as a clinical psychologist before turning to marketing, when he founded the UK's first youth marketing consultancy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Part I: Laying the Foundations: Understanding Creativity 7
Chapter 1: So What Is Creativity? 9 Chapter 2: Living in a World of
Creativity 27 Chapter 3: Exploring the Creative Mindset 49 Part II:
Preparing Yourself: Creating Your Creative Mindset 71 Chapter 4: Preparing
to Be Creative 73 Chapter 5: Committing to Creativity 93 Part III: Getting
Creative - The Practical Stuff 113 Chapter 6: Changing Your Mind with
Creative Thinking 115 Chapter 7: Opening Your Mind with Creative Thinking
Techniques 141 Chapter 8: Closing In on the Answer: Creative
Problem-Solving 169 Chapter 9: Playing Creatively 189 Part IV: Applying
Creativity to Your Life 215 Chapter 10: Living the Creative Life 217
Chapter 11: Children and Creativity 239 Chapter 12: Working Creatively 257
Chapter 13: Embedding Creativity in Your Personal Life 279 Part V: The Part
of Tens 301 Chapter 14: Ten Great Ways to Get Creative 303 Chapter 15: Ten
Acorns That Became Oak Trees: Great Ideas that Became Reality 309 Chapter
16: Ten-Plus Essential Books 317 Chapter 17: Ten Inspirational Creative
Businesses 325 Chapter 18: Ten Unusually Creative Individuals 333 Index 341