Wired to Create, Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD
Wired to Create, Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD
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Wired to Create
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind

Author: Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, Carolyn Gregoire

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 6 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/29/2015


Synopsis

Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman’s groundbreaking research and Carolyn Gregoire’s popular article in the Huffington Post Wired to Create offers a glimpse inside the “messy minds” of highly creative people. Revealing the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology, along with engaging examples of artists and innovators throughout history, the book shines a light on the practices and habits of mind that promote creative thinking. Kaufman and Gregoire untangle a series of paradoxes—like mindfulness and daydreaming, seriousness and play, openness and sensitivity, and solitude and collaboration—to show that it is by embracing our own contradictions that we are able to tap into our deepest creativity. Each chapter explores one of the ten attributes and habits of highly creative people:• Imaginative Play * Passion * Daydreaming * Solitude * Intuition * Openness to Experience * Mindfulness * Sensitivity * Turning Adversity into Advantage * Thinking DifferentlyWith insights from the work and lives of Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Marcel Proust, David Foster Wallace, Thomas Edison, Josephine Baker, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, musician Thom Yorke, chess champion Josh Waitzkin, video-game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, and many other creative luminaries, Wired to Create helps us better understand creativity—and shows us how to enrich this essential aspect of our lives.

About Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD

Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, is scientific director of the Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where he investigates the measurement and development of intelligence, imagination, and creativity. He has written or edited six previous books, including Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined. He is also cofounder of The Creativity Post, host of The Psychology Podcast, and writes the blog Beautiful Minds for Scientific American. Kaufman lives in Philadelphia.

About Carolyn Gregoire

Carolyn Gregoire is a senior writer at the Huffington Post, where she reports on psychology, mental health, and neuroscience. She has spoken at TEDx and the Harvard Public Health Forum, and has appeared on MSNBC, the Today show, the History Channel, and HuffPost Live. Gregoire lives in New York City.


Reviews

Fun read! I was attracted to this book because I see myself as a creative person, and thought learning a little psychology behind it would be fun. It did not disappoint, I felt that most of the chapters were written just for me. I have had many inclinations about my personality and the reasons why I......more

Goodreads review by David

I enjoyed reading this book; it is engaging, and full of intriguing information about creativity. Some of the information in this book is well-known and documented in other books. But I did learn a lot from this book, so I definitely recommend it. The book is well organized in chapters that deal with......more

Goodreads review by Cindy

I was very disappointed by this book. I didn't learn anything new - it was basically a Cliff Notes version of all of the creativity gurus that I have already read collated into this one book. This might be helpful to you if you are new to creativity research, but if you want some practical advice on......more

Goodreads review by David

It's a short book with a large number of quotes and extensive notes. What that means is that Wired to Create is a nice little review of a large amount of material about our current understanding of creativity. There isn't a lot of original material here, and that's okay. But I do feel it falls short......more

Goodreads review by Stephen

I really liked the book and would recommend it. Unfortunately I read some other peoples reviews prior to starting to write my review so I am going to be a bit influenced by what I read of their thoughts on the book. Someone else said it was like cliff notes to other peoples work on Creativity. I thi......more