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    The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
    The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
    The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
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    The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life

    By Robert Fritz

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    The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life, Revised and Expanded discusses how humans can find inspiration in their own lives to drive creative process. This book discusses that by understanding the concept of structure, we can reorder the structural make-up of our lives; this idea helps clear the way to the path of least resistance that will lead to the manifestation of our most deeply held desires. This text will be of great use to individuals who seek to use their own lives as the driving force of their creative process.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateMay 16, 2014
    ISBN9781483103686
    The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
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    Robert Fritz

    Robert Fritz has for more than twenty years been developing the field of structural dynamics through his work, first in the area of the creative process, and then in the area of organizational, business, and management issues. At least eighty thousand people throughout the world have participated in courses Fritz has created. He is the author of several books, including the bestseller The Path of Least Resistance. As a consultant, Fritz has helped numerous organizations put the structural approach into practice, and his clients include Fortune 500 companies, many midsize firms, as well as governmental and nonprofit organizations. Fritz is also a composer and a filmmaker. He lives in Newfane, Vermont.

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    • 3/5
      The ideas can be life changing, but the way this book is written is not very clear and could be confusing for newer readers of this genre. I think more nuance would've been helpful, as well as an explanation of how to integrate various strategies.

      For example, he states that optimism - among other techniques and mentalities - isn't what matters when it comes to success and fulfillment. However, the research is clear that optimists are generally more successful, healthier, happier, live longer, etc than pessimists. Many people could benefit greatly from becoming optimists. Thus, it would've been nice if he wrote on how one would integrate being an optimist and the other strategies he mentions with the creative orientation.

      His central idea is a 5 star idea, the way he explains it and how the book is written is a 1 or 2 star in my opinion, so 3 stars total.
    • 5/5
      Life changing book!I recommend it to everyone feeling stuck in life.
    • 3/5
      One of the books for the 2016 Reading Challenge was to be in the 'self help' genre. Synopsis: You can choose what you really want out of life and once that choice is made, you can create that reality. There are several steps to this process and there are set-backs; however, perseverance and awareness of the actual reality leads to success.Review: This book was now at all what I expected. I was looking for information about how to better tap into the creative process rather than how to 'create' your life. Because of my background, the information was nothing I hadn't read before. Aside from this, it was verbose and rather pompous. The information could have been distilled into a 20 page pamphlet and been more impactful. If the reader is a complete novice in the area of cognitive awareness, then it may be helpful.

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    • 4/5
      I think it was inCite I was reading when I came across a quote from Robert Fritz - I'd never heard of him or the book before. It's actually quite a lot of years since I had any interest in "pop psychology" or other developmental books, so I was surprised when I found myself taking note. I had been thinking about how I wanted to proceed in terms of career and also diet. When I saw the quote, I realised that I wanted something to help me focus on, not solutions, but ways of thinking. It didn't really matter whether I agreed or not with the ideas being presented; I wanted to grapple with ideas and play with ways of looking forward, and a book is always a great way to achieve that for me. I figured that I might as well start with this book as any other, so I borrowed it from the library.Okay, there are times when he waxes a bit evangelical (about his subject, not about religion) and there are other times when, in an attempt to add clarity, he belabours a point. But I like his thinking. It makes sense to me. His whole focus was perfect in forcing me to see my thinking as a particular mindset and to examine alternatives. I think I will definitely try "Your life as art" at some point (with a title like that, how could I not?!).It is interesting that I am also currently listening to Helen Keller's autobiography. If ever there was an embodiment of the power of choice, then she is it. Her anecdotes make the perfect illustration of his ideas. I hope that I will really gain from having read this title and let my mind wonder.

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