Born to Create

Creatively Supernatural! Offering a launching pad for you to burst into the realm of creative expression—that fun, fantasy world where the Creator is waiting to welcome you. There is a connection between creativity, your identity, the Church, and the world—and it is an important connection. Creativity is tied to all believers’ identity, all who are made in the image of the Creator, all who are born to create! Overflowing with many thrilling, modern-day testimonies, Born to Create emphasizes the magnitude of both craft—practice and excellence—as well as anointing. Many who have been freed to embrace their creative ideas and passions, whether in the art fields, business, or education, share their amazing stories with you. Their freedom allowed them to powerfully release healing, the prophetic, and the knowledge of God’s love into the marketplace. Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law… (Galatians 6:1 The Message). You will learn how the supernatural can be activated through what you create, and you will explore hindrances from understanding your creative destiny—your true identity.

Born to Create is an inspirational autobiography chronicling Dr. Rosalie H. Contino's professional transition from successful seventh-grade English teacher to a newfound career in the arts. While most forty-year-old professionals are busy building upon the foundation that several years of hard work produced, Contino made the bold decision to quench the burning desire within to pursue the passion to create. Enjoying her creative careers as a costume designer, costume historian, playwright, and lecturer, Contino provides hope and a blueprint for those considering making the foray into the unknown and sometimes scary realm of the future. Written in a comfortable, conversational manner, Born to Create maintains a swift tempo while consistently providing an inspirational message for those harboring unrealized ambitions.

How do you break family habits that have been passed down from one generation to the next? Coming from a long line of alcoholics, drug abusers, and domestic abuse; Eddie shares the answers to that question.As a boy born into poverty in Baltimore city, Eddie escapes the statistics that society placed on him. Instead of dropping out, going to jail, or dying; he became the first student to ever earn a D1 scholarship in his high school's history and the first male in his family to graduate from both high school and college. Eddie packed his experience and life lessons into the U.N.L.O.C.K. Y.O.U. formula that will help you uncover your promising potential. This book allows youth and young adults shed self-limiting beliefs and empowers them them to pursue a life that they're passionate about living.

This updated edition of the award-winning bestseller shows teachers how to help students become the motivated, successful, and natural learners they were born to be.

Supernatural Destiny is the true story of a man’s unique and deeply personal encounter with God. The author’s destiny was played out for him by God in a vision that led him through the most difficult struggles of his life to emerge from the other side as a loving husband, a respected father, and a very successful businessman. Supernatural Destiny teaches readers how they too can live a victorious life by keeping God’s vision at the forefront in their bodies, minds, and spirits. This personal journey reveals the true grit of a man whose grandfathers emigrated from Italy with nothing but hope for a better life for their families. With God, all things are possible, as is proven true throughout the amazing story.

People will ask you throughout your life, “Where do you work?” and “What do you do?” They never ask you, “What are you building?” When conversations change to “What are you building?” the world will change. Written for anyone trying to figure out how to make the most of their lives, Born to Build seeks to inspire entrepreneurs and ambitious, self-motivated people to build something that will change the world. A builder’s venture could be a small business that grows into a mammoth enterprise, a thriving new division in an existing company, a nonprofit, a social enterprise, a church, a school — anything that creates economic growth and makes a lasting impact on society. Born to Build is written by Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton and Sangeeta Badal, Ph.D., Principal Scientist for Gallup’s Entrepreneurship and Job Creation initiative, and is grounded in years of research. This book goes beyond the conventional economics-based business training and instead offers a uniquely psychological approach to venture building. It gives readers the tools and techniques they need to understand who they are, what motivates them and what they can build — and how. By following the practical steps in Born to Build, readers will have the tools to build a sustainable and profitable venture of any size from scratch. Central to the book is a code that allows readers to take Gallup’s Builder Profile 10 (BP10) assessment, which identifies their innate talents and motivations and shows them how to make the most of their talents to build a successful enterprise.

In this lyrical poem, author John Sobol brings us his imagined vision of a universal experience, that of being born. As she is born, the baby in this story goes through a time of intense movement and change before she takes her first breath and cries. Warm hands wrap her in a blanket, and she is held in loving arms. She has arrived! Sobol captures the mystery and wonder of the birth experience in this deeply sympathetic tale. Reading this book together will enable children and their parents to celebrate the joy and emotional power of that remarkable moment. Cindy Derby’s soft, gentle illustrations beautifully complement the poem.

But Creating Born Criminals is much more than a look at the past. It is an exploration of the role of biological explanation as a form of discourse and of its impact upon society. While The Bell Curve and other recent books have stopped short of making eugenic recommendations, their contentions point toward eugenic conclusions, and people familiar with the history of eugenics can hear in them its echoes. Rafter demonstrates that we need to know how eugenic reasoning worked in the past and that we must recognize the dangers posed by the dominance of a theory that interprets social problems in biological terms and difference as biological inferiority.

By popular demand, we have created a Silly Eric activity book. You can now join in with Eric and Birdy to create your very own story! Create mini-masterpieces, adventure through the jungle maze, have fun searching for words, and paint with lolly-pop sticks! You'll even get to bake and eat your own silly pizza faces! Something for everyone! HAVE FUN! You are born to create!

Have you ever met someone with the perfect job? To the outside observer, it seems like they've won the career lottery—that by some stroke of luck or circumstance they've found the one thing they love so much that it doesn't even feel like work—and they're getting paid well to do it. In reality, their good fortune has nothing to do with chance. There’s a method for finding your perfect job, and Chris Guillebeau, the bestselling author of The $100 Startup, has created a practical guide for how to do it—whether within a traditional company or business, or by striking out on your own. Finding the work you were “born to do” isn’t just about discovering your passion. Doing what brings you joy is great, but if you aren’t earning a living, it’s a hobby, not a career. And those who jump out of bed excited to go to work every morning don’t just have jobs that turn their passions into paychecks. They have jobs where they also can lose themselves for hours in the flow of meaningful work. This intersection of joy, money, and flow is what Guillebeau will help you find in this book. Through inspiring stories of those who have successfully landed their dream career, as well as actionable tools, exercises, and thought experiments, he’ll guide you through today’s vast menu of career options to discover the work perfectly suited to your unique interests, skills, and experiences. You’ll learn how to: • Hack the job of your dreams within a traditional organization by making it work for you • Find not only your ideal work but also your ideal working conditions • Create plans that will allow you to take smarter career risks and “beat the house” every time • Start a profitable “side hustle” and earn extra cash on top of your primary stream of income • Escape the prison of working for someone else and build a mini-empire as an entrepreneur • Become a rock star at any creative endeavor by creating a loyal base of fans and followers Whichever path you choose, this book will show you how to find that one job or career that feels so right, it’s like you were born to do it.

Offers a comprehensive guide to Human Design, a practice that goes beyond horoscopes to render a unique personality reading for each person, with the aim of empowering him or her to make the correct decisions, choose the best professions and create relationships with ease and success. Original.

Discover your life purpose, cast yourself in the roles you want to play, and write the life story you dream of living by becoming the star of your own life.You are a member of a grand production team known as "existence," with a once-in-an-eternity chance to play you! Each day is a one-time performance, never to be repeated. At the end of your play, once your part has been performed, your costume is retired and your role will never be reprized again.Life is not a dress rehearsal. Your time here is short. We are all here to tell our life story. We are actors who have been cast in a role. If you are blessed with good health and no unforeseen calamity, you have about six to eight decades to make your contribution on this world stage. That means you have taken the time to create and cultivate your own character, to find your own relevance and purpose, and created successful ways to perform the actions your roles require.To manifest a compelling story takes intention and focus. Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright David Mamet observes, "It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard." The same is true for composing a satisfying and meaningful life movie. Writing a good plot in our own life is difficult because we do the same things confused actors and amateur writers do.* We get lost and self absorbed in our own dramas.* We repeat the same old story line again and again.* We don't know how to generate heroic characters.* We make weak choices because we can't see the bigger picture.* We don't allow our characters to take risks because we want to play it safe.* We don't want to be judged by our critics.* We give up too easily.* We avoid what makes us uncomfortable.* We don't take the time to discipline our talents.* We don't face our dragons with valor.We don't have the nerve or imagination to star in our own lives!So how does one go about writing a good plot? How does one prepare for his role? You begin by getting to know the subject matter. In your story, that would be you.Playing You! A Star is Born, is a training program. In this book you will be learning the Eighteen Magic Questions actors use to create fascinating characters and deliver compelling performances. While I have placed in the pages of this workbook some of the most profound secrets I have learned in my years as an actor and teacher, this is not a book for actors per se, it is a book for anyone who wants to use acting skills as foundational tools to improve their own life performances. Building a foundation for your character is the difference between playing out your story in a vague unconscious way or playing you in an inventive and heroic way.This is a skill. This is an art form. This is a discipline. This is magic!Like an actor creating a character, you need to:* Get to know and appreciate who you are and why you are here.* Be clear on what you want, what your aspirations are.* Know what your strengths and weaknesses are.* Become aware of the ways you sabotage yourself.* Discover effective ways to overcome your obstacles. *Make a realistic plan to reach your target.*Take appropriate actions to achieve your heart's desire.At the end of your life, if you have succeeded in being conscious and responsible for your creations, your character will have been awake to his/her hero's journey. You will have found your purpose for being here. You will see where you have fulfilled your intentions in inspired and effective ways.Standing in the wings before you go on stage, you have a choice: will you make this one-time performance a vibrant, meaningful one or will you squander your gift of mortality on mindless story lines and uninspired plots? What do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Explains, from a Christian perspective, the fundamentals of human sexuality emphasizing that sex is part of God's gift of marriage and family.

Community shapes our identity, quenches our thirst for belonging, and bolsters our physical, mental, emotional, and economic health. But in the chaos of modern life, community ties have become unraveled, leaving many feeling afraid or alone in the crowd, grasping at shallow substitutes for true community. In this thoughtful and moving book, Paul Born describes the four pillars of deep community: sharing our stories, taking the time to enjoy one another, taking care of one another, and working together for a better world. To show the role each of these plays, he shares his own stories—as a child of refugees and as a longtime community activist. It’s up to us to create community. Born shows that the opportunity is right in front of us if we have the courage and conviction to pursue it.

From tween advocate for limb difference and founder of Project Unicorn Jordan Reeves and her mom, Jen, comes an inspiring memoir about how every kid is perfect just the way they are. When Jordan Reeves was born without the bottom half of her left arm, the doctors reassured her parents that she was “born just right.” And she has been proving that doctor right ever since! With candor, humor, and heart, Jordan’s mother, Jen Lee Reeves, helps Jordan tell her story about growing up in an able-bodied world and family, where she was treated like all of her siblings and classmates—and where she never felt limited. Whether it was changing people’s minds about her capabilities, trying all kinds of sports, or mentoring other kids, Jordan has channeled any negativity into a positive, and is determined to create more innovations for people just like her. Her most famous invention, aptly called Project Unicorn, is a special prosthetic (that shoots glitter!) made with the help of a 3-D printer. A real-life superhero, Jordan is changing the world with her foundation, Born Just Right, which advocates and celebrates kids with differences, and helps them live their best possible life—just like Jordan is today!

Recounts the author's experiences with the reclusive Tarahumara Indians, whose techniques allow them to run long distances with ease, and describes his training for a fifty-mile race with the tribe and a number of ultramarathoners.