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Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt Into Fuel for Brilliance

Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt Into Fuel for Brilliance

By Jonathan Fields

Properly understood and harnessed, fear and uncertainty can become fuel for creative genius rather than sources of pain, anxiety, and suffering. Drawing on extensive case studies and research, Fields shares a set of detailed personal practices and environmental changes that can humanize the creative process and allow people to stay more open to opportunity.

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Book Information

Publisher: Portfolio
Publish Date: 11/06/2012
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781591845669
ISBN-10: 1591845661
Language: English

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September 08, 2011

Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields, Portfolio, 240 pages, $25. 95, Hardcover, September 2011, ISBN 9781591844242 Business is not just a creation; it is a creative process. Jonathan Fields recognizes this, and has written a book addressing a key part of that process—uncertainty. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

August 09, 2011

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Jonathan Fields knows the risks-and potential power-of uncertainty. He gave up a six-figure income as a lawyer to make $12 an hour as a personal trainer. Then, married with a 3-month old baby, he signed a lease to launch a yoga center in the heart of New York City. . . the day before 9/11. But he survived, and along the way he developed a fresh approach to transforming uncertainty, risk of loss, and exposure to judgment into catalysts for innovation, creation, and achievement. In business, art, and life, creating on a world-class level demands bold action and leaps of faith in the face of great uncertainty. But that uncertainty can lead to fear, anxiety, paralysis, and destruction. It can gut creativity and stifle innovation. It can keep you from taking the risks necessary to do great work and craft a deeply-rewarding life. And it can bring companies that rely on innovation grinding to a halt. That is, unless you know how to use it to your advantage. Fields draws on leading-edge technology, cognitive science, and ancient awareness-focusing techniques in a fresh, practical, nondogmatic way. His approach enables creativity and productivity on an entirely different level and can turn the once-tortuous journey into a more enjoyable quest.

About the Author

Jonathan Fields is an author, entrepreneur and speaker on a mission to help individuals and organizations cultivate the personal practices, workflow adaptations and environmental/cultural shifts needed to become more agile, creative and innovative and embrace action in the face of uncertainty with a greater sense of ease.

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