The Dance of the Possible: The Mostly Honest Completely Irreverent Guide to Creativity
Written by Scott Berkun
Narrated by Scott Berkun
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About this audiobook
This short, fast paced, irreverent guide to creativity is for everyone who wants better ideas and to finish projects they inspire. In 21 short chapters you'll discover a fresh way to understand creative thinking, how ideas work, plus insights from decades of study on both how to be more productive and creative at the same time.
With challenging chapters on topics like creative confidence, making bold decisions, and separating the need for feedback from the desire for encouragement, even if you've read other books on the subject or if this is your first, The Dance of The Possible will surprise you, make you think, laugh and perhaps even dance when you get back to work.
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Reviews for The Dance of the Possible
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A nice little book with lots of wise advice about the true hard work and mental habits behind creativity
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I read a fair number of books about creativity, and some that are business-oriented leave me cold and unchallenged to pursue creativity. I expected this one to be a book about creativity in the business world. I'd think it was well written, but wouldn't find anything to take away from it. The idea of "don't be precious" made me think of my fellow writers who find the process of finishing a creation daunting and never get around to "shipping" it (in the words of the esteemed Seth Godin, another author's work on creativity that gave me much to take away).
He says people who become creators have good taste, and at the beginning we're disappointed with our own work because "it's trying to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it's not that good." Since our taste is still good, we're disappointed because it's the work isn't to our good taste--it's a disappointed in the work, not ourselves. If we can get through this phase of learning to create by creating a lot, we can bridge the gap between how good we want our work to be and how good it is. I never thought of it that way, and it was kind of a revelation.
I'm so glad I read it. I got an early review copy from the author.