Your Creative Power: How to Use Your Imagination to Brighten Life, to Get Ahead

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University Press of America, Nov 18, 2008 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 64 pages
Alex Osborn wrote the following: 'Emotional drive is self-starting and largely automatic, whether based on hunger, fear, love, or ambition. ' 'For all of us, a good rule is always to encourage ideas—to encourage speaking up as well as thinking up.' 'Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking. ' 'If we set aside a defined period for creative thinking we can best lure the muse.' 'With enough creative effort, each of us could find the ideas that would smooth out rocky roads!'
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Creativity Examined
1
Chapter 2 Preparation for Creativity
23
Chapter 3 Imagination Guides
41
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Introduction and foreword written by Robert W. Galvin. He was Chairman of Motorola, which his father founded, from 1959 to 1990 and was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors from 1990 to 2001. This book served as an inspiration to Robert Galvin and his hope is that it will continue to inspire creativity.

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