Review: A short and inspirational book on Tesla and creativity
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2013
I enjoyed reading this short little free book on (1)creativity and (2) the life of Nikola Tesla (as an example of a creative life). As other reviewers have pointed out, the book is not really a detailed biography of Tesla's life. Instead it uses Tesla's creative track record as an example of an inventor who had a wonderful imagination. (Despite Tesla being screwed over several times by Edison, JPMorgan, and others several times during his lifetime.)The book contains lots of inspirational quotes by other people, touches on other ideas of success and mastery (eg. the concept of 10,000 hours of dedicated practice, the birthday lottery from Gladwell's Outliers), and talks about creativity in general.I see another reader was unhappy with the author's reference to his other books and products, for example this other Kindle book:Awakening Your Inner Genius. I certainly don't blame the author for including a reference to other work. Every author and publisher has (legitimately) been doing that for hundreds of years. I liked this little book so much I immediately went out and bought the follow on book above for $2.39.I recommend this free book to everyone.