Creating: A practical guide to the creative process and how to use it to create anything - a work of art, a relationship, a career or a better life.

This book was full of fluff, if you ask me - or at least the first 50 pages or so. Then it got down to business and I was really impressed with how thought provoking it was. I'm still chewing on quite a few concepts and re-examining motivations.I'd recommend this book to anyone making, or trying/wanting to make, changes in their life or business. It outlines streamlined uses for the many transferable, intrinsic, skills that we all know are there but rarely make full use of. This book won't fix you, it will remind you of healthier thought patterns in relation to decision making.I especially liked the awareness it created in me about active and passive decisions and how we often don't manage behavior patterns even though we don't like the result of the behavior...victimizing yourself...etc. A deal of a price for a wealth of insight.The negative part for me were the examples. I found them tedious, oversimplified, and contrived. They did nothing to lend themselves to the concepts presented.

I've read all three of Fritz's main books on the creative process (I consider the "for managers" book to be a spin-off, though I haven't read it so far and I could be wrong), and I've found this the least informative and unique.It's still a fascinating look at Fritz's unique and powerful process, and it contains many useful tidbits and thought-provoking questions. But much of what's said here is also said in "The Path of Least Resistance" and then developed further in "Your Life as Art." So if you have limited reading time or book budget, focus on those two and skip this one.On the other hand, if you're as intrigued by Fritz's principles as I am (or if you're just a book junkie, as I am!), this is still well worth reading.

I did workshops with Robert Fritz many years ago and it was good to reconnect with the things I learned from those workshops.

Very insightful well-written makes you think. Excellent

By the time I was 2/3 of the way through the book the powerful message was starting to kick and I ended up scribbling pages of notes. If you are looking to begin a creative process such as a new business like I am I would recommend this book as a very good read with thought provoking ideas. I gained new perspectives on the creative process that has helped me isolate and eliminate fluctuating emotions through the creative process and maintain structural tension on my end goal.

I was really glad to have stumbled upon this book. Even though Robert Fritz has been around a good many years and written several books, I had not heard of him. He was new to me as were his ideas. It was really refreshing to find something new and unique. I would highly recommend his book to anyone interest in improving their life. The new perspective he presents is worth exploring. IT is about changing the way you approach things to a more direct, creative way.

I would recommend this book over any self-help book any day of the week! I loved it! It is such a fresh perspective!

While some reviewers may have hoped for help on overcoming creative blocks, it seems they miss the point.Robert Fritz makes a big distinction between creating and creativity. To create, you have to care about bringing something into reality that doesn't exist. As Fritz says, "Creating is in the realm of the noninevitable."Creativity, in contrast, refers to the unusual and inventive, and Fritz argues that:"Creating sometimes includes creativity, but most often it does not. As you master the creative process, the unusual becomes usual, and so it will seem less creative. You may be creating, then, and not have creativity. Likewise, you can have creativity but not be creating."I had this discussion with a software engineer working on a major user interface introduction. Fritz would have him first determine what he loves enough to create, what are its qualities, and what is the "result" he wants to create. It's not about being infinitely creative, his engineers are already doing too much of that. It's about creating around a single design point versus maintaining too many open possibilities.Another part of the book I really liked was "First Person/Third Person." Fritz makes the distinction between people who see their creations as part of their identity (meaning they are apt to "advocate a specific position") and those who remain separate from, while still passionate about, their creations (people "more apt to seek accuracy") as they encounter reality.In "The Worldview," Fritz carries this theme further, quoting Robert Frost in saying: "The artist must not select a universal and then find particulars to fit it."In the end, Fritz argues for pure emotion ("you want what you want") along with a rigorous process ("the creative process is made up of many steps in a particular sequence"). He believes that if you're frustrated in creating something, it's nothing more than not knowing what you want and/or inexperience in the creation process!

Everyone needs to read this book and all his others! The ultimate self help book- Realising that we all have limiting beliefs that hold us back in life, how to become aware of them and stop them from being in control so that you can finally move non stop towards yours goals and dreams.

Bought as a recommendation so yet to be read - but it does look useful and i hope to get to it soon as I trust the person who recommended it

We tend to fill our lives with problem solving which in the end is that the mind is great at. We get the problem to go away but how does this make our life the way we want?We can bring "creations" into our lives by focusing on what we want in spite of circumstances or feelings. It does not require a change in belief but a change in orientation. Like a painter we can look at the blank canvas and "create" (draw, paint, act) on what we want versus focusing on solving problems.Excellent book that I come to again and again. Be good to yourself and buy this book!!

Robert Fritz is the creator of Structural Dynamics in his wide ranging writings, works and courses. "Creating: A practical guide ..." is a great way to experience his teachings through a book.With practical exercises, solid summation of his approach and your intent to change how you create things in your life, this book is indispensable. Along with the "Path of Least Resistance" I highly recommend this book to all my clients and friends.KPJ

Very satisfied