Make Possibilities Happen

How to Transform Ideas into Reality
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Make Possibilities Happen explores innovative and practical strategies to unlock creativity and drive personal and professional growth. Drawing on insights from design thinking, the book encourages readers to identify opportunities amidst challenges, fostering a mindset of resilience and adaptability. It serves as a guide to transforming ideas into action, empowering individuals to push beyond traditional boundaries.
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This book may appeal to you if you're eager to unlock your creative potential and embrace innovative thinking. It offers practical guidance and inspiration for breaking down barriers to creativity, making it ideal for those interested in personal growth and self-improvement through imaginative exploration.

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Make Possibilities Happen

"A guide to imagining the undiscovered and transforming your ideas into reality, from Stanford University's d.school"--

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Scheme the impossible! Turn your vision into reality! Transform what if into what's next! Discover how to make your ideas work for you with this transformative guide from Stanford University's d.school.

Possibility is the ability to see something in your imagination and materialise it in real life. You already possess (almost) everything you need to make things happenβ€”Make Possibilities Happen helps you find your way.

Discover tools and strategies for overcoming the hang-ups that prevent you from getting things done or even starting. Learn exercises for building the creative capacity of your brain. Explore ways to build on the momentum of your work so that you can keep going. Award-winning author Grace Hawthorne shares insights, ideas, and activities from the Stanford University d.school courses she teaches, as well as scientific research and entrepreneurial escapades to get you thinking productively toward making possibilities a reality.

It's hard to begin, uncomfortable to not know, natural to question yourself, easy to be impatient, and challenging to swallow setbacks. This book addresses all of these hurdles and walks you through four main stages of turning your idea into realityβ€”SEE (imagine what's to come), START (just begin, this is everything), DO (show up and work), and FINISH (follow through).

You can positively alter your lifeβ€”and other people's livesβ€”by making the inklings of your imagination real. All you need to do is pick up this book and START.

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Grace Hawthorne's book, Make Possibilities Happen, receives praise for its practical approach to design thinking, offering an "operator's manual" that goes beyond typical creativity advice. The text is seen as a valuable tool for jump-starting creative processes, appealing to those who wish to navigate the transition from ideas to actionable outcomes. Readers commend its capacity to enhance productivity by providing insightful exercises and useful strategies.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781984858122

Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 November 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Ten Speed Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 184.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Grace Hawthorne is an entrepreneur, artist, author, and educator. She is the founder and CEO of Paper Punk, an award-winning origami and LEGO mashup, and d.school professor, where she teaches courses on creativity and failure and capacity building, covered by Scientific American and Wired magazine. Previously, she cofounded ReadyMade and co-authored the critically acclaimed book by the same name. Her artwork has been exhibited in several national museums including the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Triennial. The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, known as the d.school, was founded at Stanford University in 2005. Each year, nearly a thousand students from all disciplines attend classes, workshops, and programs to learn how the thinking behind design can enrich their own work and unlock their creative potential.

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