by Robert Fritz
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Whether you wish to create a work of art, a novel, a thriving business, nourishing relationships, or a deeply satisfying life, Robert Fritz, composer, artist, writer, and entrepreneur, reveals the guiding principles that can empower you to reach your goals.
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 This was something original. very fresh to me., 2010-02-21
I was really glad to have stumbled upon this book. Even though Robert Fritz has been around a good many years and written several books, I had not heard of him. He was new to me as were his ideas. It was really refreshing to find something new and unique. I would highly recommend his book to anyone interest in improving their life. The new perspective he presents is worth exploring. IT is about changing the way you approach things to a more direct, creative way.
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 Introspective, 2010-02-12
This book was full of fluff, if you ask me - or at least the first 50 pages or so. Then it got down to business and I was really impressed with how thought provoking it was. I'm still chewing on quite a few concepts and re-examining motivations.
I'd recommend this book to anyone making, or trying/wanting to make, changes in their life or business. It outlines streamlined uses for the many transferable, intrinsic, skills that we all know are there but rarely make full use of. This book won't fix you, it will remind you of healthier thought patterns in relation to decision making.
I especially liked the awareness it created in me about active and passive decisions and how we often don't manage behavior patterns even though we don't like the result of the behavior...victimizing yourself...etc. A deal of a price for a wealth of insight.
The negative part for me were the examples. I found them tedious, oversimplified, and contrived. They did nothing to lend themselves to the concepts presented.
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Maintaining Structural Tension, 2010-01-17
By the time I was 2/3 of the way through the book the powerful message was starting to kick and I ended up scribbling pages of notes. If you are looking to begin a creative process such as a new business like I am I would recommend this book as a very good read with thought provoking ideas. I gained new perspectives on the creative process that has helped me isolate and eliminate fluctuating emotions through the creative process and maintain structural tension on my end goal.
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Love this book!, 2009-07-31
I would recommend this book over any self-help book any day of the week! I loved it! It is such a fresh perspective!
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Distinguishing Creating from Creativity, 2007-08-02
While some reviewers may have hoped for help on overcoming creative blocks, it seems they miss the point.
Robert Fritz makes a big distinction between creating and creativity. To create, you have to care about bringing something into reality that doesn't exist. As Fritz says, "Creating is in the realm of the noninevitable."
Creativity, in contrast, refers to the unusual and inventive, and Fritz argues that:
"Creating sometimes includes creativity, but most often it does not. As you master the creative process, the unusual becomes usual, and so it will seem less creative. You may be creating, then, and not have creativity. Likewise, you can have creativity but not be creating."
I had this discussion with a software engineer working on a major user interface introduction. Fritz would have him first determine what he loves enough to create, what are its qualities, and what is the "result" he wants to create. It's not about being infinitely creative, his engineers are already doing too much of that. It's about creating around a single design point versus maintaining too many open possibilities.
Another part of the book I really liked was "First Person/Third Person." Fritz makes the distinction between people who see their creations as part of their identity (meaning they are apt to "advocate a specific position") and those who remain separate from, while still passionate about, their creations (people "more apt to seek accuracy") as they encounter reality.
In "The Worldview," Fritz carries this theme further, quoting Robert Frost in saying: "The artist must not select a universal and then find particulars to fit it."
In the end, Fritz argues for pure emotion ("you want what you want") along with a rigorous process ("the creative process is made up of many steps in a particular sequence"). He believes that if you're frustrated in creating something, it's nothing more than not knowing what you want and/or inexperience in the creation process!
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