Download or read book Uncommon Genius written by Denise Shekerjian and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on interviews with 40 winners of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship—the so-called "genius awards"—the insightful study throws fresh light on the creative process.

Download or read book Ug written by Raymond Briggs and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Briggs’s funniest creation–theBoy Wonder of the Stone Age. This funny, sad, yet wonderfully life-affirming story is about a misunderstood boy genius who refuses to accept the limitations of the world in which he lives. Young Ug is upwardly mobile, always on the brink of finding a better way, a nicer way of getting through life. He discovers that the fire that comes out of the sky can make dead animal bits taste terrific, but his mother thinks this is a disgusting idea and, she adds, “Terrific? What sort of word is that? Don’t you bring language like that into this cave!” He invents the wheel but doesn’t know quite what to do with it. What he really wants is a pair of soft, warm trousers. But how many millions of years must he wait for them? Ug’s story is told in more than 100 colorful frames with speech balloons much like a graphic novel but for a younger audience. Witty footnotes explain some of the many hilarious anachronisms.

Download or read book The Genius Checklist written by Dean Keith Simonton and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients. What does it take to be a genius? A high score on an IQ test? Brilliant physicist Richard Feynman's IQ was too low for membership in Mensa. Suffering from varying degrees of mental illness? Creativity is often considered a marker of mental health. Be a child prodigy like Mozart, or a later bloomer like Beethoven? Die tragically young, like Keats, or live to a ripe old age like Goethe? In The Genius Checklist, Dean Keith Simonton examines the key factors in creative genius and finds that they are more than a little contradictory. Simonton, who has studied creativity and genius for more than four decades, draws on both scientific research and stories from the lives of famous creative geniuses that range from Isaac Newton to Vincent van Gogh to Virginia Woolf. He explains the origin of IQ tests and the art of estimating the IQ of long-dead historical figures (John Stuart Mill: 200; Charles Darwin: 160). He compares IQ scores with achieved eminence as measures of genius, and he draws a distinction between artistic and scientific genius. He rules out birth order as a determining factor (in the James family alone, three geniuses at three different birth-order positions: William James, firs-tborn; Henry James, second born; Alice James, born fifth and last); considers Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule; and describes how the “lone” genius gets enmeshed in social networks. Genius, Simonton explains, operates in ways so subtle that they seem contradictory. Genius is born and made, the domain of child prodigies and their elders. Simonton's checklist gives us a new, integrative way to understand geniuses—and perhaps even to nurture your own genius!

Download or read book Be the Genius You Were Born to Be written by Harshajyoti Das and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can turn your life upside down - I am serious ! I always wanted to write a book that concerns normal people. Normal people like you and me. I want to help people with their lives. Hence, this book's priced at 99 cents only. I have no money making agenda with this book. I have other channels to cash in. I don't want to be a life coach. It doesn't make sense to me. Why should I coach your life in a way that I think is right? What I really want is, to spread my knowledge and values. You have the liberty to either accept it or discard it. Chapters - At a Glance Shit happens to all of us Shit happens and it has been happening to me since my childhood. Still, I am a very happy person. You will eventually know a lot about me after reading my books. Anyways, what define us are not our miseries but how we find a way to overcome it. I am sure there are things in life we all struggle with. This book's focused on showing you a whole new way to live your life. Please keep an open mind while reading this book. Take in what you can accept and discard the rest. Only because these techniques or philosophies have worked for millions of others doesn't mean it will work for you as well. We were all born to be a genius. We have such a powerful brain and a beautiful life. Our tragedies in life have swept us to another corner in the world where our 'infinite opportunities' have been entrapped among all our worries, challenges, and miseries. Let's find a way back home. Shall we? Alright, let's get started....

Download or read book Wishcraft written by Barbara Sher and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cindy Fox was a waitress. Now she’s a pilot. Peter Johnson was a truck driver. Now he’s a dairy farmer. Tina Forbes was a struggling artist. Now she’s a successful one. Alan Rizzo was an editor. Now he’s a bookstore owner. What they have in common—and what you can share—are Barbara Sher’s effective strategies for making real changes in your life. This human, practical program puts your vague yearnings and dreams to work for you—with concrete results. You’ll learn how to • Discover your strengths and skills • Turn your fears and negative feelings into positive tools • Diagram the path to your goal—and map out target dates for meeting it • Chart your progress—day by day • Create a support network of contacts and sources • Use a buddy system to keep you on track

Download or read book I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President written by Josh Lieb and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Guy meets Election in this hilarious young adult debut! Twelve-year-old Oliver Watson’s got the IQ of a grilled cheese sandwich. Or so everyone in Omaha thinks. In reality, Oliver’s a mad evil genius on his way to world domination, and he’s used his great brain to make himself the third-richest person on earth! Then Oliver’s father—and archnemesis—makes a crack about the upcoming middle school election, and Oliver takes it as a personal challenge. He’ll run, and he’ll win! Turns out, though, that overthrowing foreign dictators is actually way easier than getting kids to like you. . . Can this evil genius win the class presidency and keep his true identity a secret, all in time to impress his dad?

Download or read book You Are A Genius written by Dan Wedin and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You Are A Genius" outlines a course of daily self-improvement leveraging the power of "Auto-Suggestion" to change behavior, improve mood and empower accomplishment. By focusing on the brain's incredible neural pathways and igniting the process of myelination, the reader can establish new thought patterns or "loops" that grow with daily thinking habits. As the neural pathways become more heavily myelinated those thoughts that distract from one's chosen goals fade and lose their mental dominance. By choosing thoughts that advance one's cause, a feeling of euphoric progress is established and nurtured. Every thought one thinks changes them to varying degrees, "You Are A Genius" allows the reader and practitioner to accelerate the process in the one's chose direction. Anything plausible soon appears as achievable, even long discarded attempts at developing skills can be reinvigorated and accomplished. The book is all about what we think and how we think, and delivers to the reader an effective way to change thoughts, inspire action and see results. I began this book following a cardia arrest which left me "dead", according to the EMT's arriving on the scene, for six minutes. I recount this experience in the book's preface, entitled "Welcome to One Man's Beautiful Death". This is the story of the recovery from that event, which prompted one cardiologist to dub me, "The Miracle Baby". But the "miracle" was just beginning. Experience your own miracle as you redirect the forces of your brain to you and world's great benefit.

Download or read book How To Become A Genius written by Albert Celestine Ikechukwu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Day You Were Born written by Linda Joyce and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the coveted knowledge of priests and kings, the ancient sciences of astrology and numerology are now joined into a simple yet revealing formula. Astrology expert Joyce reveals the hidden formula that combines these ancient sciences, and by determining their birthday number and sun sign, readers can identify their lives' hidden paths, foster balance and creativity, and create the lives they really want. Featuring biographies of hundreds of celebrities as examples, Joyce examines the life's purpose and personality traits associated with each birth date.

Download or read book The Next Gen Leader written by Robert McMillan and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While today’s global economy is experiencing a significant cycle of outsourcing across industries, leadership cannot be outsourced; it must be organically transformed. The Next Gen Leader will show you how to discard outworn traditions and become the next-generation leader you were born to be! It is a system designed to help you maximize individual, team, and organizational leadership potential, regardless of your position, pay, or power. The Next Gen Leader will introduce you to: Assessments to identify and master leadership networks and styles. Leadership traits, features, and profiles to maximize individual, team, and organizational success. Secrets to increase performance, value, and productivity, leading to advancement, promotion, and increased pay. Coaching exercises to accelerate and measure progress, performance,and results.

Download or read book Self Mastery the way of the heaven born written by william george bryant ph.d and published by CREATESPACE, AMAZON, Google Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the combined volume of all four major sections of the SELF-MASTERY series of courses by the APOFS organization and the first to be published. It should be studied as a course in practical metaphysics ( YOGA).

Download or read book The Genius in All of Us written by David Shenk and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fresh insights into the nature of exceptional peformance…. A deeply interesting and important book” (New York Times Book Review) that offers a revolutionary and life-changing message on the new science of human potential. Is true greatness obtainable from everyday means and everyday genes? Conventional wisdom says no, that a lucky few are simply born with certain gifts. Now you can forget everything you think you know about genes, talent, and intelligence, and take a look at the amazing new evidence. Here, interweaving cutting-edge research from numerous scientific fields, David Shenk offers a new view of human potential, giving readers more of a sense of ownership over their accomplishments, and freeing parents from the bonds of genetic determinism. As Shenk points out, our genes are not a “blueprint” that dictate individual destinies. Rather we are all the product of interplay between genes and outside stimuli—a dynamic that we can influence. It is a revolutionary and life-changing message.

Download or read book Practical Genius written by Gina Amaro Rudan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Inc. Magazine business book bestseller: “Positive, insightful, and generous, this book will go a long way in helping you realize that genius is a choice” (Seth Godin). WHAT’S YOUR GENIUS? Forget what you think you know about genius. It’s not a magical, elusive gift — a “lightning bolt from the gods” that strikes people like Einstein or Mozart, but not the rest of us. Everyone’s got genius, but it’s up to you to find it, put it to work, and watch it change your life. This book will show you how to: IDENTIFY YOUR GENIUS Where do your passions and your talents meet? EXPRESS YOUR GENIUS What’s your story, and how do you share it with others? SURROUND YOUR SELF WITH GENIUS Who do you need in your tribe? SUSTAIN YOUR GENIUS How do you feed and care for your genius? MARKET YOUR GENIUS Why are your contradictions actually your largest competitive advantage? The outcome is a profound revelation: You have the tools and ability to realize greatness both in and out of the workplace.

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Download or read book Discover the Genius in Your Child written by Disha Experts and published by Disha Publications. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Genius in Your Child is a must for every parent, teacher and academician. Written in a simple and lucid language the book can be easily completed in just 90 MINUTES. The Indian growth story is the inspiration for the making of this book. This book is based on the premise that every child has some hidden potential in him which needs to be explored. The book is meant for every parent who wants to explore this hidden potential in his child. The book provides lot of new and innovative tips and techniques which would help the parent in bringing out the genius in the child. A very inspiring book which will hold you till the last page. Contents of the book: Preface 1. Do you know a genius? 2. Geniuses are not born – they take birth within 3. G of a Genius – Goal-Oriented 4. E of a Genius – Education 5. N of a Genius – Nonpareil 6. I of a Genius – Industrious 7. U of a Genius – Undeterred 8. S of a Genius – Social 9. Genius stays grounded, always