The Element
How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
By Ken Robinson; Lou Aronica
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143116738, 288pp.)
Publication Date: December 29, 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover
Categories: Personal Growth - General
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the January 2009 Indie Notables“Ken Robinson's book about creative purpose and education is brilliant and funny and oh-so-deftly right-on about the state of education and how we can rediscover the intersection between passion and ability.”
-- Drea Firth, Maria's Bookshop, Durango, CO
Description
A breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement from one of the world's leading thinkers on creativity and self-fulfillment.
The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the Element and those that stifle that possibility. Drawing on the stories of a wide range of people, including Paul McCartney, Matt Groening, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, and Bart Conner, he shows that age and occupation are no barrier and that this is the essential strategy for transforming education, business, and communities in the twenty-first century.
About the Author
Ken Robinson, PHD, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation, and human resources. He has worked with national governments in Europe and Asia, international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, national and state education systems, nonprofit organizations, and some of the world's leading cultural organizations. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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