Creative Genius

Sometimes I just don't have the time to sit down and read a good book, so I will use summary guides such as GetAbstract. This isn't really cheating because the summaries usually get right down to the nitty-gritty, saving the best parts: the lessons to learn, main quotes, etc.

I mean no disrespect to the author, but there are just so many books to read, and I only have so much time in which to read them that I find I have to selectively choose which ones I will devote actual reading time to.

"Creative Genius" by Peter Fisk is one such book that I had to go by way of the GetAbstract summary. There were really a lot of great points to this book, and so I have copied down the ones I find most important to my own goals. Thus, I've created a summary of the summary!

Click here to read / download / print "Outline & Main Points of Creative Genius by Peter Fisk". I hope that these points help you as much as they've helped me!

Click here to find the book on Amazon.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it), but 'That's Funny...' "

 -Isaac Asimov

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

 -Salvador Dali

Lessons from "When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead" by Jerry Weintraub

A neat book, "When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead" by Jerry Weintraub. It offers quite a bit of anecdotal information and concepts by telling the stories of many of his interactions with celebrities.

"An idea is only crazy until someone pulls it off."

• A successful career requires mentors.
• Keep your business to yourself.
• Ignore those you oppose or ridicule you. Develop your innate sense of "Screw 'em."
• Never fear failing, trying, or looking like a fool. Don't be threatened by a new idea.
• Things change. Be willing to start anew. Be true to your passions and follow them.

Remember... 

"If you act like you are in charge, no one will stop you."