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From one of the world’s leading thinkers and speakers on creativity and self-fulfillment, a breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people, from ex-Beatle Paul McCartney to Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons; from Meg Ryan to Gillian Lynne, who choreographed the Broadway productions of Cats and The Phantom of the Opera; and from writer Arianna Huffington to renowned physicist Richard Feynman and others, including business leaders and athletes. It explores the components of this new paradigm: The diversity of intelligence, the power of imagination and creativity, and the importance of commitment to our own capabilities. With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the element and those that stifle that possibility. He shows that age and occupation are no barrier, and that once we have found our path we can help others to do so as well. The Element shows the vital need to enhance creativity and innovation by thinking differently about human resources and imagination. It is also an essential strategy for transforming education, business, and communities to meet the challenges of living and succeeding in the twenty-first century.

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The Element: A New View of Human Capacity

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p. 60 Awesome photos of...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 09:39:16 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:41:35 -0700 2009 In this book Robinson argues that each of us needs to find our element. “The element is the meeting point between natural aptitude and personal passion.” Throughout this book he presents personal stories of people (some well-known, some not so well-known) who ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 17:17:05 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 15:53:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 04 17:11:26 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 13:11:40 -0700 2009 My consultant will cast "The Element" to parr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:55:11 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:15:37 -0700 2009
For a long time, I've been arguing that passion is a bridge between our unique human potential and our social responsibility. I begin almost every workshop, speech, an...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 18:51:46 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 12:46:52 -0800 2009 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_r...), Ken brings his wit and love of education reform to this short book that examines the lives of famous people who found their personal intersection of t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:23:28 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:27:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:51:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 17:59:35 -0700 2009
The premise is beautifully simple. Each of us has true calling that w...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 17:36:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 21:47:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 04:41:29 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 04:43:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 17:39:35 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:10:33 -0700 2009
The bad:
While Robinson makes some excellent points about how our current education system is killing creativity in our students (teaching to the test and ONLY the test, for example), he doesn't give any really feasible o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 06:19:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 06:43:43 -0700 2009
"To be in your Element, it isn't necessary to drop everything else and do it all day, every day. For some ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 13:12:54 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 13:17:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 14:15:37 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 14:15:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:53:20 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:58:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 11:33:46 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 11:35:43 -0700 2009
Basically, by the end of the book his conclusions are, our current educational system isn't near...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 03:58:15 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 04:00:35 -0700 2009 Ken Robinson is passionate about the diversity of human capacities, and makes you feel excited about being part of this whole thing that being human and being you is.
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