For Ideas. Energy. Solutions.

Use the creative power of daydreaming to problem solve, brainstorm, find energy and motivation, and come up with the next big idea.

Isn't it time you found out more about your most creative state of mind?

Daydreams are not just wishful thinking! They are your source for ideas, energy, and motivation. When daydreaming, you can visualize, simulate events, free associate, and access stores of knowledge in uncensored and creative ways to come up with solutions and ideas that are not accessible when you're struggling for the answer.

Though many of us have sensed the connection between daydreaming and creativity, recent scientific studies are combining with an abundance of anecdotal evidence to establish that when daydreaming, we are literally in our most creative state of mind, tapping into and connecting the most complex regions of the brain.

The beauty of daydreaming is that it's a process available to every one of us. Yet many of us know relatively little about it.

Daydreams at Work:

• Reveals the valuable & productive role daydreams play in your life and work: they help you juggle multiple goals, and plan and envision future actions, and much more . . . 
• Examines how the Einsteins and Edisons of the past found inspiration in their daydreams and why Google, Gore & Associates (Gore-Tex), and 3M give their employees the time and space to daydream and how that has made them some of the most innovative companies in the world.
• Gives you ideas for tapping into your own daydreams through stories from and interviews with executives, entrepreneurs, inventors, psychologists, artists, writers, scientists, and athletes, including legendary mountain climber Ed Viesturs.
• Features questionnaires to help you determine your own daydreaming style, and thought-provoking exercises that will have you using your daydreams in new and creative ways. 
• Includes discussion guides for book clubs and work groups. 

About Amy:
Amy Fries is a respected lifestyle and workplace writer and editor whose articles and essays have been published in a variety of newspapers, including the Washington Post, as well as in magazines, trade publications, literary journals, and websites. She is also a featured blogger for PsychologyToday.com and a contributing writer for the work, health, and lifestyle website AchieveSolutions.net.

Amy began her research into daydreaming and creativity while working on her masters in writing at Johns Hopkins University. She has also taught literature and writing at George Mason University and continues her work as a writer and editor helping others develop their dreams and ideas.

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Endorsements:

"Daydreams at Work is an inspiring book about tapping into creativity and free thinking--which is where your best ideas come from. It's books like this that get people into the right frame of mind to not only create better lives for themselves--but to change the world!"
--Lauren Zander, co-founder of the Handel Group, HandelGroup.com, a business consulting and private coaching company

"This is an important topic at an important time. The workplace (and the world) needs more daydreamers filled with ideas and possibilities for our collective future. Amy Fries captures not only why, but provides practical real-world ways for tapping our natural creativity."
--Nan S. Russell, corporate-workplace expert and author of Hitting Your Stride: Your Work, Your Way, HittingYourStride.com

"Amy Fries kicks daydreaming out of the closet and shows how great innovators--Einstein and Steve Jobs--and innovative companies--3M and Google--used daydreaming to their advantages. Her skillful blend of scientific evidence, practical applications, and subtle wit convinces you that daydreaming sparks and enriches creativity whether you work in an office, a science lab, or a writer's studio. Daydreams at Work takes you to the "middle distance," an energy-producing and visionary place."
--Ann Weisgarber, author of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree (Macmillan New Writing, 2008) and nominee for the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction 2009; AnnWeisgarber.com

"I daydream; I always have, but I never thought to analyze how it works. Amy Fries has unraveled the mystery of it. Daydreams at Work offers an abundance of great stories, the science of daydreams, and a practical approach to harnessing your creativity through the most common of daily practices. The book is fascinating and affirming; it has inpsired me to daydream even more!"
--Herta Feely, co-founder of Safe Kids Worldwide, SafeKids.org; and award-winning writer/editor, ChrysalisEditorial.com

"Amy Fries asks us to daydream. What an invitation! She legitimizes 'living the dream' with an engaging tour of how famous brains used daydreams (Mozart's, Jung's, Einstein's, others), how hers does, what brain scans reveal, and she encourages readers to get lost . . . and then found . . . in their dreams. Dream new dreams and transform them into reality, wrties Fries, because 'the middle distance' is the wellspring of creativity. Fries writes with authority, charm, and humor and asks intriguing questions: 'If we dream of being celebrities, what do celebrities dream about?' But, beware train commuters: If you wish to disembark at your regular stop, wait until you get home to begin reading Daydreams at Work."
--Ruth Levy Guyer, Haverford University bioethics professor and author of Baby at Risk (Capital Books, 2006)