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Uncommon Genius by Denise Shekerjian

Uncommon Genius

How Great Ideas Are Born

By Denise Shekerjian

By Denise Shekerjian

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Paperback $16.00

Feb 01, 1991 | 272 Pages

Uncommon Genius by Denise Shekerjian
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Feb 01, 1991 | 272 Pages

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About Uncommon Genius

Drawing on interviews with 40 winners of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship—the so-called “genius awards”—the insightful study throws fresh light on the creative process.

About Denise Shekerjian

Denise Shekerjian is a writer, author, and attorney. Shekerjian has published two nonfiction books and nearly a dozen literary essays. She also assists clients with memoirs, blogs, resumes, essays, grants, and other nonfiction material. Her writing specialties are the creative… More about Denise Shekerjian

Product Details

Category: Psychology | Personal Growth

Paperback | $16.00
Published by Penguin Books
Feb 01, 1991 | 272 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140109863

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Table Of Contents

In the Beginning
Part One
1. Talent and the Long Haul
2. Taking on Risk
3. Staying Loose
4. Setting Up the Conditions
5. Learning Through Doing
Part Two
6. Investing Your Work with a Vision
7. A Change of Perspective
8. A Shift in the Scenery
9. Sustaining Concentration and Drive
10. Encouraging Luck
11. The Harmony of Instinct and Judgment
Part Three
12. Despair and Isolation, Madness and Meanness
13. Building Resiliency
14. For the Love of It
The Forty Fellows
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

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