 | The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice |
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Product Description
Have better ideas, faster, without the stress and burnout.
It isn't enough to just do your job anymore. In order to thrive in today's marketplace, all of us, regardless of our role, have to be ready to generate brilliant ideas on demand.
Business creativity expert Todd Henry explains how to establish effective practices that unleash your creative potential. Born out of his consultancy and his popular podcast, Henry has created a practical method for discovering your personal creative rhythm. He focuses on five key elements:
* Focus: Begin with your end goal in mind.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3138 in Books
- Published on: 2011-07-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .88" h x 6.36" w x 9.32" l, .94 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
Review
"My copy of The Accidental Creative has notes and highlights throughout. Invaluable for anyone who thinks for a living."
-Seth Godin, Author of Linchpin
"Mr. Henry's prescription for maximizing productivity is sagacious, innovative, and sublimely practical. I've already incorporated into my own regimen three of his notions and they are working like gangbusters. The Accidental Creative is high-octane fuel for creative productivity."
-Steven Pressfield, Author of The War of Art
"Todd Henry has spent years breaking down the secrets of highly effective creatives. Read this book and prepare to ramp up your brilliance!"
-Chris Guillebeau, Author of The Art of Non-Conformity
"The Accidental Creative is an inspiring and practical guide for staying fresh and doing brilliant work. If you regularly need great ideas, this book will help you find them."
-Tony Schwartz, Author of Be Excellent at Anything
"There are two definitive versions of you with Todd's book: you before reading it, and you to the 100th power immediately after."
-riCardo Crespo, SVP/Global Creative Chief, 20th Century Fox FCP
"This book is a practical awakening to a life of surprise and usefulness. It contains wisdom, practices, and guidelines to help calm and focus us in a world vibrating with distraction."
-Peter Block, Author of Community
"The Accidental Creative should be required reading whether you are starting out in business or already a CEO. It presents a step-by-step model that will immediately help you generate business-building ideas for your job."
-Bob Gilbreath, Chief Strategy Officer, Possible Worldwide, and Author of The Next Evolution of Marketing
"I was struck with how relevant and practical this book is for anyone in the creative field at any level. It is full of invaluable life lessons."
-Tim Hale, SVP of Marketing and Design Communications, Fossil
"The gift of creative insight is not to be squandered! Todd Henry has assembled a guide that will enrich your creative pursuits. Don't dream without it."
-Scott Belsky, CEO, Behance, and Author of Making Ideas Happen
About the Author
Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a consultancy that helps organizations generate brilliant ideas. In 2006 he started The Accidental Creative, one of the top business podcasts. Henry is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and coach. Visit AccidentalCreative.com to learn more.
Most helpful customer reviews
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Plan for Great Creating
By HolaMindy
As soon as I finished reading this, I bought four more copies for my writer friends. This book will serve creative professionals and dedicated hobbyists of all stripes, from writers, painters, and graphic designers to design engineers and computer programmers.
This book will help you bring a thoughtful structure to your every day creative work. It's work in the best way; Todd teaches you how to examine your life as a whole to make sure that you have the key elements necessary to support your creating over the long term.
So often I find myself exhausted from a long day at work, with little energy left to give to my own personal art. After reading the book I've made some small, intentional changes to my daily habits and I've been excited to find I have so much more left in the tank for my writing and creating sessions. I even find myself waking up early, filled with new ideas. That's in the short term; I'm excited for the long term change to my production.
This book stands on its own (no knowledge of the podcast necessary), but fans of the podcast will especially love this book! It's definitely money well spent and I even find that it is helping me to synthesize the ideas from other creative revolution books like Daniel Pink's "A Whole New Mind." The book has earned a spot on my desk, not on my bookshelf.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful.The Perfect Cure For Creative Misdirection...and Preparation
By meStudio
If only I had been armed with this information in college but Oh how grateful I am to have it now!
A few years ago, I stumbled upon Todd Henry and his podcast. Instantly I was drawn in by his accessible manner, as he painted the picture of what creative burn-out looked like..and it was my self portrait. His emphasis on "filling your tank" with artistic input before you even begin expelling your creative output, changed my entire perspective of the process.
This book, How To Be Brilliant At A Moment's Notice is not only the compilation of the Accidental Creative's brilliant, prolific and healthy golden nuggets but reveals to you what's at the core of your blocked and frustrating creative moments. And then helps you create workable resolutions. I am thrilled to say that it exceeded all expectations that I had. It is the essential user's manual for any creative! If your creative outlook was impacted by Steven Pressfield's "The War of Art" then this book will blow you away.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.Four Hour Body for the mind
By BEN LOVE
After being a listener of the Accidental Creative podcast for years, it was great to see Todd finally release a book.
This is an important book worth sharing for a few reasons...
1. it's hits all the strong points from Accidental Creative podcasts - and there are many,
2. it covers a ton of uncharted territory extremely relevant to the modern knowledge worker,
3. it articulates art and creativity in way that almost anyone can digest, bringing it closer to home for engineering minds (like mine) and knowledge workers, and
4. brings all this together with a focus on mental and physical health too - it's like a Four Hour Body for the mind.
A thoroughly recommended, refreshing read.
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