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Focusing on both the light and fun and the tough and serious, The Playful Way is a guide to reconnecting with your inner child and realizing that when you have a playful mindset, you don’t have to go play. Play comes with you everywhere.

You don't have to be a great chess player, to think more like a chess player. Two-time US chess champion Jennifer Shahade cuts to some of the most important lessons chess can teach you. She shows how the best players consider not just more but better possibilities by thinking sideways, opening our eyes to smarter choices not just on the board but in all areas of our lives.

We’re used to imagining creativity as a lightbulb moment—sudden, mysterious, reserved for the gifted few. But what if ideas aren’t conjured from thin air? What if they’re discovered—more like precious artifacts that we unearth and refine? In How Great Ideas Happen, cognitive scientist George Newman draws on cutting-edge research to show that creativity isn’t magic, it’s method. The most successful innovators don’t wait to be struck by brilliance; their creative process is more like archeology.

Brought to you by Penguin. Many of us consider making and consuming art to be a hobby, or even a luxury. But what if arts engagement – from classical music to salsa, poetry to pop concerts, galleries to graffiti – was in fact one of our most powerful tools for unlocking health and happiness? What if art could help you live longer – and even save your life? In Art Cure , Professor Daisy Fancourt reveals the life-changing power of the arts.

Offering wisdom we can turn to any day of the year, this pocket-book of guidance from the best-selling author of The Artist's Way is the perfect addition for anyone who seeks meaning and direction in their life. Helping us start each page anew, Julia's sage wisdom will inspire and guide readers from all walks of life in finding the possibility that each day brings.

We’re all born playful. But when we grow up, we learn to suppress this critical, hardwired instinct and our lives become ruled by “getting things done.” As world-famous designer Cas Holman explains, this disconnection from our playful selves is hazardous to everything from our emotional wellbeing to our ability to problem solve and innovate. The emerging science of play shows that it sparks joy, wonder, creativity, and insight at any age.

30 Days to Rediscover Your Creativity is designed for both seasoned artists and the creatively curious. The guide will (re)introduce you to your inner creative self. You will learn its longings, uncover its gifts, face its demons, and allow it to surprise you. You will receive guided experiences, creative prompts, invitations to play, and concrete structure for working through a multi-day creative project.

A research-backed framework to help you accomplish your most ambitious goals by honing and harnessing your most powerful yet underutilised resource: intuition. What sets the most successful people apart? While hard work is certainly a factor, Professor Laura Huang's extensive research – spanning entrepreneurs, investors, Olympic athletes and Pulitzer Prize winners – reveals that their greatest asset is something less tangible: intuition. That instinctive ‘gut feeling’ often determines who seizes opportunities and who misses them.

Mr. Michael’s Music Maker Manual is an invitation to rediscover the joy of creativity alongside your child. Written by veteran music educator, father of three creative children, and founder of NewSongs School of Music, Michael Hemsworth, this guide empowers parents and caregivers to nurture musical expression without pressure or perfection.

Why would anyone write a book about suffering? Earnest in her pursuit, Dr. Jennifer Clark draws upon her near 25 years of practice as a Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician to convince us otherwise. Clark adeptly navigates the ups and downs, the twists and turns, and the pitfalls and plateaus of human development, asking us to reimagine the pilgrimage of the human condition.

Why does creativity seem so mysterious—even magical—yet feel out of reach for so many of us? In this powerful and thought-provoking book, Creative Thinking: A Coach’s Perspective, André Walton unpacks the truth: creativity isn’t just for artists, inventors, or “special people,” It’s a way of thinking—a mindset we can all access, nurture, and apply in our everyday lives. Blending science, coaching, storytelling, and a deep dive into history, Walton takes us on a journey from the dawn of human evolution to modern-day challenges, showing that creativity has always been central to who we are.

Once upon a time there was a novel that opened at a normal house in a typical street in England. Arthur Dent awoke to discover it was about to be demolished to make way for a new village by-pass. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began. Once upon a time another novel opened at another normal house in a typical street in England. 4, Privet Drive, home of Mr and Mrs Dursley. The infant Harry Potter was about to be deposited on their doorstep.

More than just a guide, Becoming Unstoppable is an invitation to rise above the ordinary, to challenge the status quo, and to live the life you were meant to lead.

Olivia Chadwick—a young mother and self-critical personal trainer—first met insurance magnate Garnet Morris at 6 am on a winter morning in Saskatoon, Canada. Chadwick's task was to help prepare Morris for the grueling,100-mile Kananaskis relay, but she had reservations—about his coachability as well as her ability to reach him while juggling her own professional, familial and maternal struggles. Through mutual hesitations, their seasons-long training schedule led to profound and unexpected conversations.

In Defence of Leisure presents Marion Milner as a writer for our times. In asking the simple question: how do I want to spend my free time? Milner developed a method for discovering her true likes and dislikes. As Singh follows Milner's approach - from keeping a diary to painting, building a home and travelling to the sea - she discovers the importance of rest, creativity and play in all of our lives, and how it can open the door to achieving what we truly desire.

Creativity, often romanticized as an elusive muse that graces a lucky few, is far more universal and accessible than we tend to believe. While some may picture the creative mind as the domain of eccentric geniuses, lost in thought or splattering paint in bursts of chaotic inspiration, the truth is that creativity is a fundamental human capacity—a cognitive tool available to all of us.

Success, happiness, and how to lead a harmonious and meaningful life are questions everyone grapples with, especially in an increasingly complex world where stress and high expectations from society make many feel unwell. The Mindchange model helps you take control of your own emotions, enabling you to focus your mental and emotional resources on goals that create meaning for you. The brain is plastic, and we are gaining better tools to train our thinking. Mindchange is a model for redirecting your thinking in a more positive direction.

Todas las personas nacemos siendo creadoras, pero el mundo nos condiciona a creer que no lo somos. La gran mayoría están insatisfechas porque han olvidado quiénes son en verdad y que fueron creadas para crear. Este libro no está diseñado para enseñarte a crear, sino para desaprender y soltar todo lo que te impide crear con libertad aquel arte que sea profundo, te sane y te permita ser fiel a ti mismo. Esta habilidad ya está en ti y estás por darte cuenta. No tienes que saberlo todo para disfrutar una vida de abundancia, satisfacción y alegría

Welcome to the Creative Club smashes the myth that creativity is reserved for the chosen few and invites people to make life their biggest art project. This book is for anyone who’s felt stuck in someone else’s story, silenced by self-doubt, or afraid they’ve lost their creativity—and is ready to remember what it means to create and live fully.

Embárcate en un extraordinario viaje de transformación y empoderamiento con Triunfa: estimula la creatividad, supera los obstáculos y libera tu potencial. En este libro cautivador, explorará el reino ilimitado de la creatividad y la innovación que le impulsarán a un crecimiento y un éxito sin precedentes.
A través de una mezcla de historias inspiradoras, ideas estratégicas y consejos prácticos, Triunfa desafiará tus percepciones y elevará tu forma de pensar a nuevas cotas.