Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06W525N3P |
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| Number of Pages | : | 335 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Michael P. said I'm the Chairman of the Bored. "I bore myself to sleep at night,I bore myself in broad daylight" - Iggy PopIf you suffer from boredom, or what the French refer to as Ennui, you might be able to put that boredom and brilliance to good use. In Manoush Zomorodi's new book she is describing what the great Indian philosopher Krishnamurti meant when he once wrote and spoke of what he called "creative discontent." Krishnamurti wrote, "Don't be afraid to be discontent, but give it nourishment until that spark becomes a flame and you are everlastingly discontented with everything"Author Zomorodi's work is important on the subject of spacing out in the d. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do If you are wedded to your phone , you might find be motivated by this book to try a trial separation. Based on a challenge on the author's podcast on WNYC, the author presents a seven part program. The first challenge involves observing yourself and your digital addiction. The second means you don't use your devices when in motion. The third requires a photo free day. The fourth requires you to delete the app you think you can't live without. In the fifth you take a fakeation where you ignore digital devices and the sixth requires you to engage your powers of observation. Finally the author outlines how you put it. Not Bored Enough . This book is an interesting and concise look at how technology, particularly cell phone usage, is greatly reducing the amount of time one’s wandering mind is daydreaming, coming up with highly creative ideas, and “autobiographical planning”. If you’re doing stuff on your cell phone all the time, your mind can’t wander. Not good. Don’t imagine this is an anti-tech book, however. It most certainly is not. Author Manoush Zomorodi is obviously a person who thinks cell phones are here to stay and can’t be lived without. She is simply encouraging tighter control over using them,
Technology isn't going anywhere, and who would want it to? Bored and Brilliant teaches us how to align our gadget use with what we hold dear and true and find equilibrium in this new digital ecosystem.. Has your smartphone become your BFF? Do you feel bored when you're not checking Facebook or Instagram? Bored and Brilliant: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Spacing Out explains the connection between boredom and original thinking and explores how we can harness boredom's hidden benefits to become our most productive selves. Bored and Brilliant is about living smarter and better within a digital world. Throughout the audiobook are a series of challenges that will help listeners rethink their relationship to their devices without completely leaving the digital w