Why smart people hurt : a guide for the bright, the sensitive, and the creative /
Maisel, Eric, 1947-
Why smart people hurt : a guide for the bright, the sensitive, and the creative / Eric Maisel. - xxii, 230 pages ; 22 cm
Introduction: the challenges of smart -- Smartness disparaged -- Smart work as oxymoron -- Original, formed, and available personalities -- Our experimental model -- The logic of mania -- Features of a racing brain -- The smart gap -- Thinking anxiety -- The lure of language and logic -- The lure of mysticism -- A firm but not proud conviction -- Unreasonable self-pestering -- The pain of appraising -- The God-bug syndrome -- Coming to grips with meaning -- Making daily meaning -- Embracing shifting meanings -- Exercising your brain -- A blueprint for smart.
1573246263 1609258851 9781573246262 9781609258856
2013017678
Gifted persons--Psychology.
Intellect.
Why smart people hurt : a guide for the bright, the sensitive, and the creative / Eric Maisel. - xxii, 230 pages ; 22 cm
Introduction: the challenges of smart -- Smartness disparaged -- Smart work as oxymoron -- Original, formed, and available personalities -- Our experimental model -- The logic of mania -- Features of a racing brain -- The smart gap -- Thinking anxiety -- The lure of language and logic -- The lure of mysticism -- A firm but not proud conviction -- Unreasonable self-pestering -- The pain of appraising -- The God-bug syndrome -- Coming to grips with meaning -- Making daily meaning -- Embracing shifting meanings -- Exercising your brain -- A blueprint for smart.
1573246263 1609258851 9781573246262 9781609258856
2013017678
Gifted persons--Psychology.
Intellect.