In this episode I talk about emotions and creativity.

 

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References used in the episode:

• Primal Leadership – Realizing The Power Of Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, for understanding the importance of emotions, recognizing your and others’ emotions, and managing them.
• Beethoven (Revised Edition), by Maynard Solomon, for a biography on Beethoven. Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament is where is discusses his dispair.
• Wikipedia article on Vincent Van Gogh.
• Wikipedia article on Edgar Allan Poe.
• Wikipedia article on Ernest Hemingway.
• Wikipedia article on Apollo 13.
• The History of English Speaking Peoples {4 Vol Set} The Birth of Britain, The New World, The Age of Revolution, The Great Democracies, by Winston S. Churchill, for the history of Napoleon. The quote I gave is in the volume “The Age of Revolution,” page 339.
• Wikipedia article on the Tiune Brain Model.
• Paul MacLean’s triune brain hypothesis.
• Men’s Health article on Addiction.
• Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition), by Michael Michalko, for the description of the Tick-Tock techniques and the Affirmation techniques (in chapter 1).