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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)
"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)
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Check out the September 2009 edition of SUCCESS Magazine, which features a nice article on Daydreams at Work.
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From Daydreams at Work:
The "How Does Your Mind Wandering Compare to Others" Quiz
The original "Imaginal Processes Inventory" documents
Daydreamer software, created by Erik T. Mueller, is available “free of charge for experimental use.”
Perception video, the Visual Cognition Lab, University of Illinois, copyrighted by Daniel J. Simons. Your job is to focus intently and count the number of times the players in white shirts pass the ball to one another. This was originally billed as a study on gender and the ability to focus. For those who read the book or are already familiar with this study, don't spoil it for others! If you are new to this experiment, please do your gender proud and be a good basketball-passing counter! Afterwards, click on "Inside the Book" and read the excerpt from Chapter One of Daydreams at Work for more information.
Links to recommended authors and publications:
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, by Ann Weisgarber. A captivating novel about an African American family, in the early 1900s, struggling to eke out a living on a ranch in the badlands of South Dakota. Ann contributed a piece for Daydreams at Work on how daydreaming helped her find solutions whenever she felt stuck on certain plot points. Ann has won a number of prizes for this novel, and she was shortlisted for the U.K's prestigious Orange Prize for New Writers and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. A well-deserved honor.
Richard Peabody, well-known DC literary writer, editor, instructor and all-around patron of the arts, contributed a piece for DAW on the connection between daydreaming and creative writing. Richard has written or edited a number of fantastic books, including the anthologies Enhanced Gravity and Sex & Chocolate. He is also the editor of the literary journal Gargoyle Magazine.
The Life and Fate of the Indian Tiger, by Tobias Lanz, paints a detailed portrait of Bengal tigers' life in the wild and makes a compelling case to safeguard these beautiful and increasingly rare animals from extinction. Filled with personal observations on local cultures and wildlife and balanced by discussions with Indian people, this fine book was edited and agented by Herta Feely, an author and activist, who shared her own account of how daydreaming helped guide and motivate her to co-found an organization to prevent childhood injuries, Safe Kids Worldwide.
One of the highlights of researching and writing Daydreams at Work was getting to interview Ed Viesturs, mountain climber extraordinaire. He was extremely articulate in describing how he uses his daydreaming capacity to visualize all aspects of his expecitions. This--in combination with all the hardwork, research, and focused planning--gives him an extra edge in anticipating potential problems and solutions. Check out his new book K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain.
Hitting Your Stride: Your Work, Your Way, by Nan S. Russell. Nan is a dynamic business woman and author, who after achieving top success in the corporate world, headed off to the wilds of Montana to live her dream as a writer, living and working in the mountains.
Baby at Risk: The Uncertain Legacies of Medical Miracles for Babies, Families, and Society, by Ruth Levy Guyer. This is a riveting investigation of how high-tech pregnancies and medical interventions affect the lives of babies born at risk, their families, and society at large. Ruth was one of my instructors at Johns Hopkins University and her comments and advice on early drafts of Daydreams at Work were invaluable.
Follow Amy on Twitter
Join the Daydreams at Work Fan page on Facebook.
Check out the September 2009 edition of SUCCESS Magazine, which features a nice article on Daydreams at Work.
See News & Events for more links.
From Daydreams at Work:
The "How Does Your Mind Wandering Compare to Others" Quiz
The original "Imaginal Processes Inventory" documents
Daydreamer software, created by Erik T. Mueller, is available “free of charge for experimental use.”
Perception video, the Visual Cognition Lab, University of Illinois, copyrighted by Daniel J. Simons. Your job is to focus intently and count the number of times the players in white shirts pass the ball to one another. This was originally billed as a study on gender and the ability to focus. For those who read the book or are already familiar with this study, don't spoil it for others! If you are new to this experiment, please do your gender proud and be a good basketball-passing counter! Afterwards, click on "Inside the Book" and read the excerpt from Chapter One of Daydreams at Work for more information.
Links to recommended authors and publications:
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, by Ann Weisgarber. A captivating novel about an African American family, in the early 1900s, struggling to eke out a living on a ranch in the badlands of South Dakota. Ann contributed a piece for Daydreams at Work on how daydreaming helped her find solutions whenever she felt stuck on certain plot points. Ann has won a number of prizes for this novel, and she was shortlisted for the U.K's prestigious Orange Prize for New Writers and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. A well-deserved honor.Richard Peabody, well-known DC literary writer, editor, instructor and all-around patron of the arts, contributed a piece for DAW on the connection between daydreaming and creative writing. Richard has written or edited a number of fantastic books, including the anthologies Enhanced Gravity and Sex & Chocolate. He is also the editor of the literary journal Gargoyle Magazine. The Life and Fate of the Indian Tiger, by Tobias Lanz, paints a detailed portrait of Bengal tigers' life in the wild and makes a compelling case to safeguard these beautiful and increasingly rare animals from extinction. Filled with personal observations on local cultures and wildlife and balanced by discussions with Indian people, this fine book was edited and agented by Herta Feely, an author and activist, who shared her own account of how daydreaming helped guide and motivate her to co-found an organization to prevent childhood injuries, Safe Kids Worldwide.One of the highlights of researching and writing Daydreams at Work was getting to interview Ed Viesturs, mountain climber extraordinaire. He was extremely articulate in describing how he uses his daydreaming capacity to visualize all aspects of his expecitions. This--in combination with all the hardwork, research, and focused planning--gives him an extra edge in anticipating potential problems and solutions. Check out his new book K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain. Hitting Your Stride: Your Work, Your Way, by Nan S. Russell. Nan is a dynamic business woman and author, who after achieving top success in the corporate world, headed off to the wilds of Montana to live her dream as a writer, living and working in the mountains. Baby at Risk: The Uncertain Legacies of Medical Miracles for Babies, Families, and Society, by Ruth Levy Guyer. This is a riveting investigation of how high-tech pregnancies and medical interventions affect the lives of babies born at risk, their families, and society at large. Ruth was one of my instructors at Johns Hopkins University and her comments and advice on early drafts of Daydreams at Work were invaluable.