From Fizzle to Sizzle: The Hidden Forces Crushing Your Creativity and How You Can Overcome Them

by Anthony Fredericks

Overview

Discover why the right answer is usually wrong. Learn the "killer phrases" that often get in the way of creative thinking, and how your teachers and other influencers unconsciously guided you away from creativity. There are many books on how to be more creative at work and home. From Fizzle to Sizzle is the first to explore the reasons why our creative spirit is in such short supply in the first place. Then it offers easy to follow advice on how to regain your creativity.

From Fizzle to Sizzle includes dynamic investigations that offer insights into the personal and societal barriers to creative expression. Fredericks reveals how a knowledge of creativity barriers can help you create innovative and satisfying solutions in the workplace, your education, and your personal life! Entertaining, provocative, and fun, From Fizzle to Sizzle is not the usual compendium of creativity strategies. It is a book that examines why creativity is often a challenge and how that knowledge can change your life and change your thinking...forever!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681572109
Publisher:	Blue River Press
Publication date:	01/24/2022
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Anthony D. Fredericks, Ed.D., is a psychologytoday.com contributor with his regular "Creative Insights" articles. He is a nationally recognized educator well known for his stimulating and engaging conference presentations. A retired professor of education from York College of Pennsylvania, he is an award-winning and best-selling author of more than 150 books, including teacher resource materials (Guided Reading in Grades 3-6), children's books (Mountain Night, Mountain Day; The Tsunami Quilt), and adult non-fiction titles (The Secret Life of Clams and The Adjunct Professors Complete Guide to Teaching College). His extensive background includes experience as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, professional storyteller, curriculum coordinator, educational consultant, and staff developer. He won the 2004 International Reading Association Teacher's Choice Award, the 2007 Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year, 2008 World Storytelling Award.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Sesame Seed Spread, Creative Decay, and a Regeneration xi

Part 1 Brain Ripples/Brain Waves 1

1 Creativity Blues 3

2 Invisible Influences 12

Part 2 Once Upon a Time We Were Children 25

3 Parental Persuasion 27

4 How to Sizzle: 1-9 40

5 Creative Endeavors 45

6 How to Sizzle: 10-18 57

7 Images: Natural and Artificial 63

8 How to Sizzle: 19-27 77

Part 3 Our Common Education 85

9 The Limits of Right Answers 87

10 How to Sizzle: 28-35 104

11 It's All in the Questions 113

12 How to Sizzle: 36-43 129

13 Rewards and Punishments 135

14 How to Sizzle: 44-52 149

Part 4 Heigh-Ho, It's Off to Work We Go 155

15 "What a Stupid Idea!" 157

16 How to Sizzle: 53-60 170

17 Fear of Failure 175

18 How to Sizzle: 61-69 188

19 Corporate Killers 195

20 How to Sizzle: 70-78 211

Part 5 Everyday Beliefs 219

21 "Here Be Dragons!" 221

22 How to Sizzle: 79-86 238

23 Adult (Mis) Behaviors 244

24 How to Sizzle: 87-95 263

25 One or the Other 270

26 How to Sizzle: 96-103 284

27 Jumping Backwards, Mindsets, and Toilet Paper 289

28 How to Sizzle: 104-110 302

Conclusion: Reactive or Proactive? 307

Epilogue: Hurting Your Head! 312

Acknowledgements 315

Notes 318

Index 337

About the Author 347