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Daydreams at Work: Wake Up Your Creative Powers
Learn how to use the creative power of daydreaming at work to problem solve, brainstorm, energize, motivate, find personal satisfaction, and most important––come up with the next big idea!
Everybody daydreams, but most people don’t know anything about the process. Isn’t it time you found out more about your most creative (and neglected) state of mind?
Daydreams at
* Shows you why daydreaming is literally your most creative state of mind.
* Reveals the valuable & productive role mind wanderings and daydreams play in your life and work.
* Gives you ideas—through stories and interviews with successful people—for tapping into your own daydreams for ideas, energy and motivation.
Find out why Google, Gore & Associates (Gore-Tex), and 3M give their employees the time and space to daydream and how that’s helped them become some of the most innovative companies in the world.
Daydreams at Work
* Interviews with and stories from top psychologists, leading corporate executives, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, scientists, inventors, and athletes, including legendary mountain climber Ed Viesturs.
* Questionnaires to help you determine your own daydreaming style and patterns.
* Thought-provoking exercises and tips that will have you examining your daydreams in new and creative ways.
Daydreams are not just wishful thinking; they are your source for ideas, energy, and motivation.
* “In an era where our busyness has hijacked our creativity, this book is a wake-up call to the importance of daydreaming at work. Ideas will be the competitive edge for most organizations in this global and challenging economy. This book provides practical ways to reconnect with your creative powers and ignite idea-passion in those you lead.”
—Nan S. Russell, corporate-workplace expert and author of Hitting Your Your Work, Your Way, HittingYourStride.com
* “Daydreams at Work is an inspiring book about tapping into creativity and free thinking—which is where your best ideas come from. It’s books like this that get people into the right frame of mind to not only create better lives for themselves—but to change the world!”
—Lauren Zander, co-founder of the Handel Group (HandelGroup.com), a business consulting and private coaching company.
Everybody daydreams, but most people don’t know anything about the process. Isn’t it time you found out more about your most creative (and neglected) state of mind?
Daydreams at
* Shows you why daydreaming is literally your most creative state of mind.
* Reveals the valuable & productive role mind wanderings and daydreams play in your life and work.
* Gives you ideas—through stories and interviews with successful people—for tapping into your own daydreams for ideas, energy and motivation.
Find out why Google, Gore & Associates (Gore-Tex), and 3M give their employees the time and space to daydream and how that’s helped them become some of the most innovative companies in the world.
Daydreams at Work
* Interviews with and stories from top psychologists, leading corporate executives, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, scientists, inventors, and athletes, including legendary mountain climber Ed Viesturs.
* Questionnaires to help you determine your own daydreaming style and patterns.
* Thought-provoking exercises and tips that will have you examining your daydreams in new and creative ways.
Daydreams are not just wishful thinking; they are your source for ideas, energy, and motivation.
* “In an era where our busyness has hijacked our creativity, this book is a wake-up call to the importance of daydreaming at work. Ideas will be the competitive edge for most organizations in this global and challenging economy. This book provides practical ways to reconnect with your creative powers and ignite idea-passion in those you lead.”
—Nan S. Russell, corporate-workplace expert and author of Hitting Your Your Work, Your Way, HittingYourStride.com
* “Daydreams at Work is an inspiring book about tapping into creativity and free thinking—which is where your best ideas come from. It’s books like this that get people into the right frame of mind to not only create better lives for themselves—but to change the world!”
—Lauren Zander, co-founder of the Handel Group (HandelGroup.com), a business consulting and private coaching company.
224 pages, Paperback
First published April 28, 2009
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About the author
Amy Fries
2 books1 followerAmy Fries is the author of Daydreams at Work: Wake Up Your Creative Powers (Capital Books, 2009), which shows you how to tap into your daydreams for ideas, energy, solutions, and motivation for both work and life. It features thought-provoking questions, exercises, and discussion guides. Amy is a respected writer whose articles, essays, and stories have been published in a variety of newspapers, magazines, literary journals, trade publications, and on websites. Visit: www.DaydreamsAtWork.com"
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June 17, 2009
This book is a fun, informative and fascinating read about the subject of daydreams and their power, not only to help us creatively at work but for our own self knowledge and motivation.
The author,Amy Fries, gives us an indepth knowledge of the psychology of daydreams and explores the many and varied entrepreneurs and famous artists, athletes,scientists and others that have used their visionary states of mind to launch successful careers and lives.
Ms Fries supplies clear and practical advice for the average person to not only interpret and understand their daydreaming powers but how to apply them towards positive goals and future actions.She makes the subject enjoyable and accessible for all trains of thought.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in self exploration and for motivation to achieve higher goals in life and in the workplace.
The author,Amy Fries, gives us an indepth knowledge of the psychology of daydreams and explores the many and varied entrepreneurs and famous artists, athletes,scientists and others that have used their visionary states of mind to launch successful careers and lives.
Ms Fries supplies clear and practical advice for the average person to not only interpret and understand their daydreaming powers but how to apply them towards positive goals and future actions.She makes the subject enjoyable and accessible for all trains of thought.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in self exploration and for motivation to achieve higher goals in life and in the workplace.
March 17, 2016
From the science of daydreams to tapping into creative daydreaming to putting ideas into action, this book has it all. Author Amy Fries delivers a variety of inspirational and useful tools to “wake up your creative powers” in this entertaining and educational look at the wonderful world of daydreams. I highly recommend this book to everyone who has daydreamed, will daydream, or is daydreaming at this very moment. The insights and exercises presented are applicable to real-world situations for people in all walks of life. Daydream on!
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