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Aha!: 10 Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit and Find Your Great Ideas

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This is one of the many "okay" books out there these days on creative thinking. There are so many books being published these days about creative thinking, one has to seriously wonder about the credentials of the many authors. This author is not exactly an expert.

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This book, for me, is a solid 3.5... it's light on when it comes to techniques but full of good ol' fashioned homestyle advice in other ways. Want to be more creative: read more and read more broadly. Keep a journal. Make your creative "space" pleasant and interesting.
Problem is, it sometimes feels that that's all you get. If you're looking for models to follow then this isn't your book. If you're looking to make a start on a more "creative" life - career, long planned novel - then this book hits the spot just right.

This book is one of the most trival "works" on the subject known. I think the author has hitched his wagon the the "creative spirit" train trying to take his knowledge to another level. Too bad the book is ripe with thoughts and ideas taken from more credible sources. Pass on this one if you are serious about idea building in business. I've heard the author lecture and that's just as bad. Better books are from the author, John C. Maxwell.

I discovered this book while researching the topic of parents helping nurture creativity in their children. Since my first premise is that we are all creative and that parents need to conncet with their own creativity, the book gave direct help on understanding how to spark adult creativity. Also --enormously helpful was its simple, logical organization--that guided me as I organized my own thoughts for my speech. Super bibliography. Good reference book to have around--not just for the topic, but also for its direct and utilitarian style.

I discovered this book while researching the topic of parents helping nurture creativity in their children. Since my first premise is that we are all creative and that parents need to conncet with their own creativity, the book gave direct help on understanding how to spark adult creativity. Also --enormously helpful was its simple, logical organization--that guided me as I organized my own thoughts for my speech. Super bibliography. Good reference book to have around--not just for the topic, but also for its direct and utilitarian style.

If you're looking for a book covering all aspects of Creativity then I think Aha! is fantastic. The book is well structured to allow for unstructured reading.

I have read many books on the subject of Creativity and Innovation, however this book gives me the best 'warm and fuzzy' feeling (ie. intuitive synergy).

As soon as I started reading the book I could not put it down.

I strongly recommend it.

I recommend this book to all my screenwriting students!

one of the few good books on creativity, along with A WHACK AT THE SIDE OF THE HEAD, and MINDMAPPING (Tony Buzan) , this will be next to my bed side for a long time... i love this!

dense of good stuff and read easily! practical advice and useful informations.

read tru all in 2 days and enjoy every minutes of it, and yes AMAZON rules! ( 3 days to recieve my order HALF GLOBE AWAY! ).

I was disappointed in the book. It contains the usual bromides, but not much new stuff. It's becoming like if you read one book on creative thinking you've read them all.

This book is worth the money if you are looking for something to kick-start your creativity. I have always been fairly creative at home (drawing, painting, dressmaking etc) but this book prompted me to use my creativity in a different way at work. It also reassured me that imagination and lateral thinking are to be valued at work even though the tendency is to stifle these in order to fit in with the crowd.