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How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
Written by: Ken Robinson Ph.D.
Narrated by: Ken Robinson Ph. D., Lou Aronica
Categories: Self-Help, Motivational
4.5 out of 5 stars 4.7 (19 ratings)
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Finding Your Element
How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life
Written by: Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica
Narrated by: Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson's groundbreaking book The Element introduced listeners to a new concept of self-fulfillment through the convergence of natural talents and personal passions. The Element has inspired people all over the world and has created for Robinson an intensely devoted following. Now comes the long-awaited companion, the practical guide that helps people find their own Element.
You, Your Child, and School
Navigate Your Way to the Best Education
Written by: Sir Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica
Narrated by: Sir Ken Robinson
Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their children, especially now, when education has become a minefield of politics and controversy. One of the world's most influential educators, Robinson has had countless conversations with parents about the dilemmas they face. As a parent, what should you look for in your children's education? How can you tell if their school is right for them and what can you do if it isn't? In this important new book, he offers clear principles and practical advice on how to support your child through the K-12 education system.
A great shift of perspective
By Antonia on 2019-12-12
The Dyslexic Advantage
Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
Written by: Brock l. Eide, Fernette L. Eide
Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
Dyslexia is almost always assumed to be an obstacle. And for one in five people who are dyslexic, it can be. Yet for millions of successful dyslexics - including astrophysicists, mystery novelists, and entrepreneurs - their dyslexic differences are the key to their success. In this paradigm-shifting book, neurolearning experts Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide describe exciting new brain science revealing that dyslexic people have unique brain structure and organization.
Creative Schools
The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education
Written by: Lou Aronica, Ken Robinson PhD
Narrated by: Ken Robinson PhD
Ken Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization's history. Now, the internationally recognized leader on creativity and human potential focuses on one of the most critical issues of our time: how to transform the nation's troubled educational system.
great at a stepping stone for change in education
By Kris on 2018-09-19
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Written by: Daniel H. Pink
Narrated by: Daniel H. Pink
From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking best seller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm-changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.
Motivation 3.0
By Steve on 2019-01-07
The Inside-Out Revolution
The Only Thing You Need to Know to Change Your Life Forever
Written by: Michael Neill
Narrated by: Michael Neill
Would you like to experience amazing clarity, peace and freedom, even in the midst of challenging circumstances? In this ground-breaking audiobook, bestselling author Michael Neill shares an extraordinary new understanding of how life works that turns traditional psychology on its head. This revolutionary approach is built around three simple principles that explain where our feelings come from and how our experience of life can transform for the better in a matter of moments.
By Rachel on 2020-01-28
Lifelong Kindergarten
Cultivating Creativity Through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play
Written by: Mitchel Resnick
Narrated by: Charles Constant
In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively....
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry
Written by: Dale Carnegie
Narrated by: Andrew MacMillan
Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
Through Dale Carnegie's seven-million-copy best seller, recently revised, millions of people have been helped to overcome the worry habit. Dale Carnegie offers a set of practical formulas you can put to work today, formulas that will last a lifetime!
By james moran on 2018-01-19
The Anatomy of Peace, Expanded Second Edition
Resolving the Heart of Conflict
Written by: The Arbinger Institute
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
From the authors of Leadership and Self-Deception comes an international best seller that instills hope and inspires reconciliation. Through a moving story of parents who are struggling with their own children and with problems that have come to consume their lives, we learn from once-bitter enemies the way to transform personal, professional, and global conflicts, even when war is upon us.
Great Advice and Valuable for Human Relations
By Anonymous User on 2020-01-12
A Whole New Mind
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Lawyers. Accountants. Software Engineers. That what Mom and Dad encouraged us to become. They were wrong. Gone is the age of "left-brain" dominance. The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: designers, inventors, teachers, storytellers - creative and emphatic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.
By Adam SOne on 2018-06-01
Written by: Daniel Goleman Ph.D.
Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
Is IQ destiny? Not nearly as much as we think. This fascinating and persuasive program argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow, ignoring a crucial range of abilities - emotional intelligence - that matter immensely in terms of how we do in life.
Excellent topic robotic narrator
By Bowen Clausen on 2019-06-21
What You're Really Meant To Do
A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential
Written by: Robert Steven Kaplan
Narrated by: Wes Talbot
How do you create your own definition of success - and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us - and ultimately, are left feeling dissatisfied. Each of us is unique and brings distinctive skills and qualities to any situation. So why is it that most of us fail to spend sufficient time learning to understand ourselves and creating our own definition of success?
Dare to Lead
Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Written by: Brené Brown
Narrated by: Brené Brown
Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? This audiobook answers this question.
Rumble with Platitudes
By MMH Toronto on 2018-11-11
What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? While tackling these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers, you'll hear the voices of people he interviewed - scientists, criminologists, military psychologists.
Another great read by Malcolm Gladwell
By Carole Dunn on 2019-10-08
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook - What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
Written by: Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz
Narrated by: Chris Kipiniak
How does trauma affect a child's mind - and how can that mind recover? In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope. Only when we understand the science of the mind and the power of love and nurturing can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.
Insightful and compelling
By Jody Garneau on 2019-10-12
The Leader Who Had No Title
A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
Written by: Robin Sharma
Narrated by: Holter Graham
Regardless of what you do within your organization and the current circumstances of your life, the single most important fact is that you have the power to show leadership. Wherever you are in your career or life, you should always play to your peak abilities.This book shows you how to claim that staggering power, as well as transform your life and the world around youin the process.
By Lisa B. on 2019-10-08
The Willpower Instinct
How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
Written by: Kelly McGonigal
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower", The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity. Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters
The Organized Mind
Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Written by: Daniel J. Levitin
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
In The Organized Mind, Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel - and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time. With lively, entertaining chapters on everything from the kitchen junk drawer to health care to executive office workflow, Levitin reveals how new research into the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory can be applied to the challenges of our daily lives.
The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves, most inspired, and achieve at their highest levels.
The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people: Paul McCartney; The Simpsons creator Matt Groening; Meg Ryan; Gillian Lynne, who choreographed the Broadway productions of Cats and The Phantom of the Opera; journalist Arianna Huffington; renowned physicist Richard Feynman; and many others, including business leaders and athletes. It explores the components of this new paradigm: the diversity of intelligence, the power of imagination and creativity, and the importance of commitment to our own capabilities.
With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the Element and those that stifle that possibility. He shows that age and occupation are no barrier and that once we have found our path, we can help others do so as well. The Element shows the vital need to enhance creativity and innovation by thinking differently about human resources and imagination. It is an essential strategy for transforming education, business, and communities to meet the challenges of living and succeeding in the 21st century.
©2008 Ken Robinson, Ph.D (P)2009 Tantor
"Motivating and persuasive, this entertaining and inspiring book will appeal to a wide audience." ( Publishers Weekly)
" The Element offers life-altering insights about the discovery of your true best self." (Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)
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What disappointed you about The Element?
The Element is anecdotal, a series of stories with the same outcome. If you want interesting tidbits about a wide variety of well-known people (Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, etc.) then you will enjoy this book. Unfortunately I expected some actionable items or thought-provoking ideas. About a third of the way through the book I grew tired of the stories and wanted more elaboration but there was very little forthcoming. A disappointment after watching and enjoying Robinson's TED talks.
Joshua Kim
Listening to Sir Ken
Like many I was first exposed to Ken Robinson from this TED talk. The Element is another book that should be read by leaders and passed around to work groups. It covers much of the same ground as Tribes, or Marcus Buckingham's work on Finding Your Strengths (which I use extensively in my graduate consulting course), but Robinson superior style and engaging personality make his work both enjoyable and always edifying. Where Robinson is at his best is where he makes connections with how our education system impedes students from finding their passions. At the same time, I wished for a deeper dive into our education system (particularly post-secondary education), and for a specific critique (grounded in history and political economy) for how our schools can hinder creativity. You will come away from this book even more depressed about our manic focus on testing, and even more committed to enabling the passions in your colleagues and children.
College professor lecture
He explains that he was forced to write this book because of comment he made at a dinner engagement. That and his college professor comes out when he takes 3 chapters of good information and stretches it tediously out to create a book. He has about an hour of really fantastic information and ideas, and the rest is boring filler. I have seen him on TED, and when limited to a short period of time, he is very enlightening! For this book, I felt like I was back in the lecture hall of a mandatory class.
Looking for meaning in your life?
Are you making lots of money but still feel like you're not doing anything significant in your life? Did you just graduate high school and not sure which major to take or if you should even go to college? Are you midway in college and feel like you're not in the right place? Then this book is for you. Or, if you're just feeling empty in general, listen to the audiobook.
Could be under comedy
Just a great book that everyone should read. If you have teenagers moping about with little direction or worse you are a parent driving your children to achieve something - you should read this.
I'm glad Ken Robinson also narrated this. In fact its hard to see how anyone could have got across his dry wit. There are some very funny segments in this book. As well as some very moving ones.
The Element is actually a simple premise. It is explained clearly with some really good stories.
My missing star is explained by the fact that too many of the examples came from the arts. To be completely compelling I think a more diverse set of people and their "element's" are needed.
Wonderful narration, fascinating ideas
The Element is a fascinating book that is excellently narrated by the author, Ken Robinson.
The beginning part that talked about education was particularly interesting to me as I am studying to be a teacher. Robinson also discussed facets of finding your Element, like finding your "Tribe" that were very interesting. The book isn't really a self-help guide that necessarily leads you to find your own Element, but it helps you understand the concept around finding your Element and provides encouragement and hope that it's possible. Frankly, I'm glad the book didn't purport to be a one size fits all guide to finding your passion. That is a unique journey for every individual and can't be prescribed; that's point, that it's different for everyone. Robinson introduced ideas about creativity and finding your passion and gave examples of what has worked for some individuals.
Robinson describes a number of people who have found their "Element" or passion in life. Most of the examples focused on famous people like John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Arianna Huffington, Bob Dylan, etc. I found the occasional stories about "normal" people refreshing as well as the discussion on the dedicated amateurs - people who find their Element in something other than their profession. I realize that it's easy to find examples of individuals finding the Element when they become famous, because everyone knows about them. It felt a little one sided as a result, almost as if you have to be famous to find your element. I don't think that was Robinson's intention, and I realize it's hard to find individual stories from non-famous people, because you don't know about them.
Overall I loved the book and found it very thought provoking. It was a wonderful read/listen and I would highly recommend it.
Sarah B. Readin
I am a teacher. Last year, I attended the funeral of a student. At what point do we stop cramming test prep and provide the fertile ground necessary for kids (and teachers) to do what they love and to thrive? It does no good to strive to meet the expectations of others when their expectations are miles off the mark.
Poetry, music, drama, art, discovering the beauty of science, the mind of the cartoonist, the depths and the universality of math. There's so much joy in being alive and in learning.
It's vital to bring that to life in class.
Thank you for this book, Ken Robinson.
Essential reading for parents and teachers
Ken Robinson has done the education world a huge favor by writing this book. He deftly outlines the reasons and ways that education has to change. The sooner we do it, the better. Reading the Element made me glad both of my children attend untraditional, progressive schools that live by the basic tenets of Robinson's philosophy. Great teachers everywhere will agree.
Stick with it, it's worth it!
The early chapters, while interesting and well read, were all stuff I had heard before. But the last chapter...well, THAT's worth FIVE stars.
I am a high school librarian and I have been struggling to find a new vision as I enter my 20th year of teaching, and worry about my grandchildren's future. Between our failing economy, potential climate change and the new "free" culture of the Internet I have been finding it difficult to see where we are heading. The last chapter of this book helped me see a potential direction. Thank you for helping me RE-find my 'element' Ken!
A book everyone should read.
This is a book I am ready to start handing out at airports, as it eloquently articulates some of the fundamental socioeconomic issues of the Western World (particularly the US) due to our failing school system. He explains the problem is systemic — the entire schema of teaching in a top-down, industrialized, mass-production model that is so focused on teaching content is outmoded and irrelevant for today's economy, never mind tomorrow's. Educating kids in a way that is relevant and effective for them requires us to teach to the individual, not a standardized test — teaching them how to become life learners in areas that play to their strengths is the key.
The fact that he reads this himself adds a great deal, as he is a great speaker. Also hilarious.
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