Do you have good instincts? Do you trust your judgment? We all have an inner compass, but not everyone knows how to use this. A great deal of high-level thinking actually occurs unconsciously, just as modern jetliners can be flown with the controls set to autopilot. But this kind of unconscious learning and thinking isn't static or fixed because it comes from a different part of your brain than that which controls your personality. It is much more fluid and adaptable and capable of great insight, but at the same time it goes on below the level of our conscious world, only making fleeting appearances. How can we learn to let these tiny bubbles below the radar of our conscious world rise to the surface so we can see them more clearly? By learning to pay attention to them and nurture them..

Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking, asserts that

When our powers of rapid cognition go awry, they go awry for a very specific and consistent set of reasons, and those reasons can be identified and understood. It is possible to learn when to listen to that powerful on-board computer and when to be wary of it. Our instinctive reactions often have to compete with all kinds of other interests and emotions and sentiments.

Why should you read this book? Because to take full control of your personal creative power you need to know when to trust your instincts, and when to be wary of them?

Cynthia VanLandingham

Cynthia VanLandingham's Piano Adventure Bears Music Education Resources create an exciting musical adventure for children ages 5 to 11. Visit PianoAdventureBears.com for free samples of her Piano Adventure Story Books and piano resources for children. She is also the author of The Wonder Guide to Creativity.

Cynthia has been teaching piano in Tallahassee, Florida for 20 years and is the owner of TallyPiano & Keyboard Studios. She is a member of the American College of Musicians National Guild of Piano Teachers, the President of TallyPiano Enterprises, LLC, and a graduate of the Florida State University College of Education. Visit her website at TallyPiano.com to download her original, uplifting piano compositions, including "The Potter's Wheel." While you're there subscribe to her free internet newsletter, Piano Matters, and read the Wonder Guide to Creativity Online.

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