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The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

When inspiration touches talent, she gives birth to truth and beauty.

A few weeks ago I had a conversation with my husband about this blog:

Me: I think I should stop my blog
Him: Why?
Me: Because my writing is terrible and it takes forever to come up with ideas
Him: You are improving so it’s good. And . . .

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Posted in: self-helpwriting

September 26, 2014

Six Thinking Hats

Edward de Bono

Edward de Bono is a well-known authority in the creative thinking field. In 1967, he created the term ‘lateral thinking’, which is “solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic”. In his . . .

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Posted in: brainself-help

August 15, 2014

Quiet

Susan Cain

Introverts are drawn to the inner world of thought and feeling. Extroverts to the external life of people and activities.

When I was growing up in Indonesia, I was one of the most studious kids at school. I even won an award for borrowing the most books out of my school library! Even during my holidays I would borrow lots . . .

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August 01, 2014

Daring Greatly

Brene Brown

How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

The night before my trip to the Grand Canyon two months ago, I realized that I had not prepared my e-reader with books to read during the trip. So I did some quick research and came across a list of the “top 100 books that everyone should read before . . .

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Posted in: self-help

June 13, 2014

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