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CHAPTER 21

The Real Bibliography

The bibliography for this book has been many things: Life in general.
Studying other high-achieving people. Plus a few books I’ve read
about creativeness. A suggested reading list in the Appendix contains
some very interesting material, some of which agrees with and some of
which diverges from concepts in this book. Most of them are quite
cogent. Creativity having the elusive nature that it does, there is cer-
tainly room for opposing viewpoints, all of which can be valid.

When people ask me for the titles of some good books about creativity,
besides the usual reading list (see page 258) I often recommend
biographies.

Biographies are about high-achieving people. You very rarely have
to worry about picking up a biography about a complete loser. Maybe
there are some autobiographies in that area, I’m not sure. Biographies
generally deliver more than just life stories of high-achieving people. I
find that high-achieving people tend to be pretty conscious of what
they do and how they do it and are therefore often good teachers.
Everyone has brilliant ideas from time to time. Those who consistently
have brilliant ideas are frequently very attuned to their own thought
patterns and habits and limitations and how to get beyond their barri-
ers to big thinking. So even though you may not be interested in war-
fare, I highly recommend that you read the biography of Ulysses S.
Grant. And even though you might not be interested in science, you
may want to read a biography of Einstein. It’s not that you want to