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The Creative ContrarianUnlock your potential and tackle life's toughest challenges with **The Creative Contrarian** by Dr. Roger von Oech. This Brand New, fully illustrated guide encourages creativity and innovative thinking through the beloved archetype of the **Wise Fool**. With 208 pages published by **John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)** in 2021, this book is a must have for anyone looking to break free from conventional thinking. Ideal for business professionals, educators,
Unlock your potential and tackle life's toughest challenges with **The Creative Contrarian** by Dr. Roger von Oech. This Brand New, fully-illustrated guide encourages creativity and innovative thinking through the beloved archetype of the **Wise Fool**. With 208 pages published by **John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)** in 2021, this book is a must-have for anyone looking to break free from conventional thinking. Ideal for business professionals, educators, and creatives alike, it offers 20 insightful strategies designed to foster **creative problem-solving** and illuminate the path to original ideas.The Wise Fool embodies a fresh perspective, inviting readers to question established norms and discover innovative solutions. Techniques like **Reverse Your Perspective**, **Flex Your Risk Muscle**, and **Kiss a Favorite Idea Goodbye** guide readers in embracing their uniqueness and thinking outside the box.
In challenging **groupthink** and encouraging vocal dissent, Dr. von Oech equips you with the confidence to present diverse viewpoints through engaging anecdotes and creative exercises. Whether you are navigating corporate challenges or pursuing personal growth, this book is the ultimate resource for enhancing your **creative ability**. Dive into the realms of imagination and originality today!
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ISBN: 9781119843269
Year: 2021
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 208
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TackleĂ‚Â your thorniest problems using the Wise Fool™sĂ‚Â savvy Strategies!Ă‚Â
The Wise Fool is the archetypal contrarian known for his creativity, irreverence, and humor. He looks at life inĂ‚Â unorthodoxĂ‚Â ways and pushes back against the status quo. Throughout history, powerful decision-makers (Egyptian pharaohs, Chinese emperors, Persian sultans, and European kings) consulted Wise Fools to question the assumptions that kept them mired in stale and obsolete solutionsĂ‚Â
InĂ‚Â The Creative Contrarian,Ă‚Â best-selling author (A Whack on the Side of the Head), speaker, and toy designer (Ball of Whacks) Dr. Roger von Oech provides readers with a fully-illustrated Ĺ›Wise Fool GuideĹĄ to challenge established procedures and engage in creative thinkingĂ‚Â
Roger shows how to gain the confidence to speak up in Ĺ›groupthinkĹĄ situations ” and boldly present a different perspective. From laughing at your most beloved ideas to test their validity to adding constraints to problems to reveal new solutions, he offers a framework for creativity that works in business, design, education, and anywhere new ideas are required ” and appreciated!Ă‚Â
Employing a wealth of stories and examples,Ă‚Â The Creative ContrarianĂ‚Â presents 20 Wise Fool Strategies:Ă‚Â Ă‚Â
Some offer ideas to enhance your creativity (Ĺ›Reverse Your Perspective,ĹĄ Ĺ›Look for Ambiguity,ĹĄ and Ĺ›Kiss a Favorite Idea GoodbyeĹĄ)Ă‚Â Ă‚Â
Some provide tips on how to break away from the herd (śBuck the Crowd,ť śFlex Your Risk Muscle,ť and śSeek Other Right A
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As the title says, this is the brand to get!! It's fast-acting, doesn't give me weird dreams like some do, and I never wake up feeling groggy.
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I've been buying these for well over a year now as Subscribe and Save. I work 12 hour overnights as a nurse. My sleep schedule normally gets messed up. I would have no problem falling asleep but would wake up only a few hours later which is not good when you have work again that night. We buy these on Amazon due to the great price and the fact that they are extended release which helps keep me asleep longer. When I take 1 or 2 of them, I am able to sleep about 7-8 hours which is great. I take this both when I sleep during the day and sleep during the night. It helps me sleep no matter when and I am able to adjust my sleep schedule often. I have recommended them to many.
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Works quite well, dose still a bit high for me
Used to take the Natrol 5mg slow release, now that I can compare these 2, I love this more. It doesn't make me feel too edgy, it's quite relaxing actually. I still have to halve the dose as the full dose makes me groggy the next day. Where the Natrol gave me very vivid, but not unpleasant dreams, these don't make me dream as vividly. It does take a bit longer to get me to sleep, but once asleep, your asleep. Highly recommend, once I finish this bottle, I'd get the 2mg tr next time, as a lower dose works better for me.
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seems to work just fine
Helps me sleep. I also use Mg, B complex and medical cannabis oil before bed. My sleep isn't great otherwise here in the good ol' USA (unlike in Europe where I sometimes go for complicated issues/not vacation; which indicates issues with the much higher radiofrequency exposure allowed in the US than in the European country where I sleep like a happy baby). Just wait for 5G, then I probably need to reinvent my sleep protocol if I want to get any rest. But well, with the 5G impact on the biosphere, we may not be here much longer then. That means we better stop 5G before it's all roleld out.
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