Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

By
Edward Slingerland
Edward Slingerland
2014 • 304 pages

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Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance
In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family
I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
So You Want to Talk about Race
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

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Spirituality

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Varick
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
The Way of Integrity
The Untethered Soul
Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
How to Sit (Mindfulness Essentials, #1)

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Cómo hacer que te pasen cosas buenas: Entiende tu cerebro, gestiona tus emociones, mejora tu vida
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
Notes on a Nervous Planet
Cambia el mundo

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Personal Development

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Libera tu magia
Blink
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Notes on a Nervous Planet
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

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Silence
The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit Of Less
Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

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Creativity

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Seven Days in the Art World
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
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Journal of a Solitude
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The Glass Bead Game

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Further Reading - Meditations for Mortals

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Nothing Special
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Tao Te Ching
Effortless Living: Wu-Wei and the Spontaneous State of Natural Harmony