Personal Development

Enneagram Type 4: The Individualist

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Harness your creativity and release the real you into the world

By The Blinkist Curators

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Personal Development

Type 4 Individualists tend to be creative, sensitive and expressive. Your individuality motivates you but you often feel misunderstood or "too much" for others. To be your authentic self, you'll have to learn to accept all the parts that make you up, to stop comparing yourself to others, and to get a better handle on your emotions. Get inspired by these Blinks and Shortcast episodes, and learn how to do it all!

Enneagram Type 4: The Individualist

Harness your creativity and release the real you into the world

The Artist's Way

The Artist's Way

A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Myth-busting Creativity: Allen Gannett

Myth-busting Creativity: Allen Gannett

Beyond the To-Do List

Ever find yourself feeling at a bit of a loss when you hear success stories of a lone artist creating critically-acclaimed and commercially successful magic with their first try? It's a myth, so don't buy it! Tech entrepreneur and creativity speaker Allen Gannett reveals the truth about real creative success through harnessing your tuition, deliberate practice, and a cycle of support and feedback to reach your goals!

Get Out of Your Own Way

Get Out of Your Own Way

A Skeptic’s Guide to Growth and Fulfillment

Gretchen Rubin: You Do You

Gretchen Rubin: You Do You

Simplify Shortcast

Many of us wish that there was a recipe for happiness. The reality is that happiness is as individual as each of us are. In this episode, Gretchen Rubin takes us through some helpful ways to recognize how to determine what will make each of us happier based on our own values, and how we can start to change our habits based on our tendencies.

Weird

The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World

Unmasking Loneliness

Unmasking Loneliness

The Baggage Reclaim Sessions

How can we alleviate feelings of loneliness and invite intimacy back into our lives? While we have to be able to connect with others, we also need to connect with ourselves and our true feelings. When we pretend we’re okay, we cut ourselves off from moments of real connection which can break the cycle. In this episode Natalie reminds us that the remedy to loneliness is connection, and gives some insight on how to start engaging in better connections—with ourselves and others.

Rare Breed

Sunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger

A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different

The Emotion Code

The Emotion Code

How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness

Alain de Botton: The Power of Bad Feelings

Alain de Botton: The Power of Bad Feelings

Ctrl Alt Delete

Many of us, if offered the choice, would throw away bad feelings and embrace a life of unending bliss and happiness. But what if our difficult emotions carry more purpose than we initially give them credit for? In this episode Alain De Botton, master of pessimism and founder of The School of Life, discusses how we can make use of difficult emotions like envy and sadness on a journey toward self-discovery. In his discussion with Emma, Alain reveals how to harness the guiding potential of difficult emotions to achieve greater self-understanding and fulfilment.

Emotional Agility

Emotional Agility

Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

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