Publisher's Synopsis
We are all born with a love for crayons and building blocks and exploration. We start life with an insane amount of curiosity asking "Why?" in almost every conversation we're in. Unfortunately, our creative nature tends to get stifled by our educational system where gold stars are not handed out if you color outside the lines. We quickly learn through academic classes like algebra and geometry that there is only one correct answer for every problem, and even more so, there is only one correct way to solve for the correct answer. After spending so much time getting jammed into a box, we find ourselves spending the rest of our lives trying to get out of it-that is, of course, except for the creative types who buck the system because they have an unbridled desire to freely explore beyond the boundaries of the "acceptable."
This book showcases 100 carefully selected words which are critical to success in business and in life for people who are leaders or are aspiring to be one. Many people hold the title, but few people actually lead. You see, the definition of leadership is simple: "It's the art of influence." If you don't have people willingly following you, you aren't influencing them. "Creative" leadership takes things a bit further. The creative leader encourages free thinking, imagination, deep innovation and insane amounts of curiosity. The creative leader takes us back to our childhood where making things from nothing was commonplace, and breaking the rules on what is and is not possible happened every day. This book can be consumed in any way you want. Let your needs drive your consumption. Start at the back; start in the middle. Read it from cover to cover, or pick a word daily which has special significance to you. You decide. Each story should kindle the flames of your imagination, and each "secret" should get you thinking of ways to do things differently. There is no right or wrong with this book. Let it shape you and the people you lead in the most unique and special ways.
