Why Smart People Hurt : A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative


Eric. Maisel
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Cork : : Red Wheel Weiser, , 2013.
Omfang
1 online resource (258 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Praise; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Smartness Disparaged; 2. Smart Work as Oxymoron; 3. Original, Formes, and Available Personalities; 4. Our Experimental Model; 5. The Logic of Mania; 6. Features of a Racing Brain; 7. The Smart Gap; 8. Thinking Anxiety; 9. The Lure of Language and Logic; 10. The Lure of Mysticism; 11. A Firm But Not Proud Conviction; 12. Unreasonable Self-Pestering; 13. The Pain of Appraising; 14. The God-Bug Syndrome; 15. Coming to Grips with Meaning; 16. Making Daily Meaning; 17. Embracing Shifting Meanings; 18. Exercising Your Brain. - 19. A Blueprint for SmartAbout the Author; Backcover. - The challenges smart and creative people encounter-from scientific researchers, genius award winners, to bestselling novelists, Broadway actors, high-powered attorneys, and academics- often include anxiety, over-thinking, mania, sadness, and despair.Specifically, Dr. Maisel examines: "racing brain syndrome" living in an anti-intellectual culture finding ideas worth loving dealing with boredom and hypersensitivity finding meaning in their lives and their work struggling to achieve succ
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ISBN
1-4619-3622-5. - 1-60925-885-1

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