Creative Development

Whether you wish to create a work of art, a novel, a thriving business, nourishing relationships, or a deeply satisfying life, Robert Fritz, composer, artist, writer, and entrepreneur, reveals the guiding principles that can empower you to reach your goals.

Are you constantly chasing the elusive state of perfection, only to find yourself paralyzed by fear and indecision? It's time to break free from the cycle of perfectionism that stifles creativity, breeds procrastination, and undermines your mental health. "Do the Hard Things First: Breaking Perfection" is the transformative guide you need to reclaim your life, enhance your creativity, and nurture genuine self-compassion. Structured to systematically dismantle the perfectionist mindset, this book delves into the complex nature of perfectionism, revealing how it manifests in various aspects ...

Small business specialist Elaine Pofeldt offers her blueprint for getting a running start with your microbusiness—that is, a business with no more than four employees, including yourself. Following her previous book, The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Pofeldt shows listeners the steps toward their next entrepreneurial venture, including testing an idea’s market viability while limiting risk, finding cash without giving up control, protecting your personal time and avoiding burn out, and knowing when it is time to start micro-scaling.

Whether it’s launching a business, writing a book, renovating your home, or planning a major event, you have a big project you want to finish, but somehow, you can’t get it done. Maybe you’re overwhelmed by all the steps, unclear where to begin, or frustrated that typical advice doesn’t seem to fit.

We were created by an infinitely creative God to reflect his love and character to the world. One way we do that is by continuing his creative work. In this energizing book, serial entrepreneur and best-selling author Jordan Raynor helps artists, entrepreneurs, writers, and other creatives re-imagine our work as service to God and others, addressing such penetrating questions as: Is my work as a creative really as God-honoring as that of a pastor or missionary? Will what I make today matter in eternity?

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.

Why do some people succeed at change while others fail? It's the way they think! Liminal thinking is a way to create change by understanding, shaping, and reframing beliefs. What beliefs are stopping you right now? You have a choice. You can create the world you want to live in or live in a world created by others. If you are ready to start making changes, listen to this book.

The author of Wishcraft and I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was..., Barbara Sher became famous for her extraordinary ability to help people define and achieve their goals. What Sher discovered is that some individuals simply cannot, and should not, decide on a single path; they are genetically wired to pursue many areas. Sher calls them “Scanners”—people whose unique type of mind does not zero in on a single interest but rather scans the horizon, eager to explore everything they see.

Nobody is born insecure, angry, bored, or depressed. The fact is, happiness is our natural state and, as psychologist Dr. Joseph J. Luciani explains in this warm, witty, and empowering guide, chronic unhappiness is just a bad habit, a habit that can be broken.

Many of us would love to jot down our fondest stories and our tallest tales to preserve forever in written form. But wanting to do something and knowing how to do it are two different things. This is not a book about sentence structure and grammar, but a book on helping you keep your head in the game once you’ve decided that writing a book is something you might like to do.

A spiritual thought-leader and featured guest on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday helps us learn to quiet fear and anxiety and discover the powerful wholeness that exists within us all in this inspiring and affirmative guide. Achieving equilibrium in today’s age of anxiety can seem like a...

Think of The War of Art as tough love...for yourself. Since 2002, The War of Art has inspired people around the world to defeat "resistance"; to recognize and knock down dream-blocking barriers and to silence the naysayers within us. Resistance kicks everyone's butt, and the desire to defeat it is equally as universal. The War of Art identifies the enemy that every one of us must face, outlines a battle plan to conquer this internal foe, then pinpoints just how to achieve the greatest success.

Starting a Successful Airbnb Business for Beginners is a comprehensive guide, offering valuable insights and actionable steps based on my personal trials and errors. If you’re looking for guidance, my book will show you on how to make a profitable property, by showing you how to provide your guests with great experiences that will give you five-star reviews and a fully booked calendar.

The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process

In this compact disc edition of the totally revised underground bestseller -- The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. He walks you through the steps in the life of a...

Bestselling author Robert J. Ringer has shattered the mold of tradition-bound ideas and designed a winning new philosophy to be used every day. Inside this get-tough-with-yourself guide, you'll find the simple but vital habits that can change your outlook and lead to big results--personally, professionally, and financially. Before you know it, you'll be turning negatives into positives--and turning your life around--without thinking twice!

Every person is born a creator, but the world has conditioned us to believe that we are not. Most of us are not fulfilled because we have forgotten who we truly are and what we were created to do — create. There is a reason that one of the most fulfilling, expansive, and healing actions we can do as humans is to create using our gifts. The reason many of us do not create is not that we don’t know how, but simply that we are afraid and think ourselves out of it, even though we know deep down it is what we want to be doing every single day.

Whether you're a beginner or looking for an advanced guide, this valuable book will help you learn how to create an profitable and practical plan, find incredible deals, analyze properties, build a team, finance rentals, and much more—everything you need to start making millions from your investments.

Unlock the power of Claude AI Artifacts and transform the way you create and innovate! *Updated Dec. 2024* This hands-on guide is your all-access pass to mastering one of the most revolutionary tools in AI-assisted content creation today. Whether you’re a developer, content creator, designer, or just someone curious about what AI can do, Claude AI Artifacts: Zero to Hero will upgrade your skills and inspire your creativity. With Claude AI Artifacts, you can generate rich, interactive content—from data visualizations and diagrams to rich interactive applications and even games—simply ...

This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto as example. The author Shelley H. Carson, a Harvard psychologist, explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy; in fact, all of us use our creative brains every day at home and at work. Each of us has the ability to increase our mental functioning and creativity by learning to move flexibly among several brain states.