Make Brilliant Work: From Picasso to Steve Jobs, How to Unlock Your Creativity and Succeed

Review\n"Whatever your creative hangup, Rod Judkins has steps you can take now, and a wealth of examples to support his advice. An admirably straightforward, no-nonsense guide to getting over yourself and getting to work." —Mason Currey, author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work\n"This book is packed with great stories and ideas to power up your work journey with creativity and success by doing things differently." —Susie Pearl, author ofInstructions for Happiness and Success\nWith increasing mechanization and automation, creativity is ever more valued in the workplace. Short chapters, each focusing on a particular approach or strategy, which is brought out by real-life examples of the strategy in use. Shortlist of practical steps at the end of each chapter\n"Everyone would benefit from reading Judkins, if only because he is so entertaining, or "edutaining." His chapters are packed with counterintuitive insights and hard truths, which are seldom so clearly and vividly laid out. . . . The strategies within these pages should, in those famous words of Leibniz, 'incline without necessitating'." —Psychology Today\nHow do we rate work?
It’s good, it’s bad or it’s brilliant.
What response does your work usually get? Be honest.
This book will help you make your work brilliant.\nYou don’t have to be brilliant to produce brilliant work. Many of the characters you will meet in this book failed at school, lacked natural talent, were not especially gifted or were repeatedly sacked. But their methods produced brilliant work – and they will work for you, too. Make Brilliant Work is the essential book from Rod Judkins, author of the international bestseller The Art of Creative Thinking.\nWhether you are a business or an individual, you might find it hard to produce something significant and important. The real-life heroes in this book will show you how to make the transformation from ordinary to extraordinary. From Roald Dahl to Steven Spielberg, and star architect Zaha Hadid: the figures in Make Brilliant Work will show you how to think for yourself, take risks and persevere to create brilliant work.