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Making Ideas Happen

byScott Belsky

Genres: Business Leadership Startups and Entrepreneurship

Who is this book for? Readers interested in business, creativity, and leadership.

Topics SuccessCreativityLeadership

Thomas Edison famously said that genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. Every day new solutions, revolutionary cures, and artistic breakthroughs are conceived and squandered by smart people. Along with the gift of creativity come the obstacles to making ideas happen: lack of organisation, lack of accountability and a lack of community support.Scott Belsky has interviewsed hundreds of the most productive creative people and teams in the world, revealing one common trait: a carefully trained capacity for executing ideas. Implementing your ideas is a skill that can be taught, and Belsky distills the core principles in this book.While many of us obsess about discovering great new ideas, Belsky shows why it is better to develop the capacity to make ideas happen - using old-fashioned passion and perspiration. Making Ideas Happen reveals the practical yet counterintuitive techniques of 'serial creatives' - those few who make their visions a reality.

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Published on

06/02/2011

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780670920600

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waterstones

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10.99 £

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