With the pace of competition, innovation, and change in today's world, creativity isn't a luxury????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????it's a survival skill. But even the most creative people can end up stuck, stressed out, and stale, worn down by the daily grind. Stimulated is an energetic exploration of five habits that can help you release your creativity and expand your innovative thinking. The method is playful, fun, enriching, and mind-expanding, but most important, it's a step-by-step process for getting unstuck. With Stimulated , you learn ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? how to draw inspiration and fresh insights from the world around you; ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? how to make the most of your surroundings and develop an environment that will get the creative juices flowing; ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? how to turn work into play; ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? how to take the leap of faith and commit to big, bold ideas; and ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? how to reap the benefits of your success and failures to contribute to the next creative effort.

"The daily drone can sap the spark of the most creative personality; this sparse, saccharine manual offers a few easy steps to revive creativity and incorporate inspiration into a daily routine. Pek and McGlade (noves: recipes for growth and innovation) posit that the need to create is a basic human urge that is 'not only an evolutionary imperative, but a spiritual one,' capable of mitigating everyday stresses that can lead to burnout. Citing examples of people who have pursued creative satisfaction and attained material success, such as Nike cofounder Bill Bowerman, the authors demonstrate the importance and the rewards of maintaining creative thought processes. Pek and McGlade, a married couple, are very earnest about their program, a series of five habits that can access creative potential: scouting, cultivating, playing, venturing, and harvesting. But for a book about stimulating creativity, the solutions and suggestions — the power of play, the importance of confidence and 'spark moments' — are strikingly uninspired. Padded with trite aphorisms and unnecessary illustrations, the slim content is sufficient for a peppy magazine article — not a full-length book." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)