The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

by Sir Ken Robinson

A New York Times-bestselling breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement from the one of the world's leading thinkers on creativity and self-fulfillment.

The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the Element and those that stifle that possibility. Drawing on the stories of a wide range of people, including Paul McCartney, Matt Groening, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, and Bart Conner, he shows that age and occupation are no barrier and that this is the essential strategy for transform­ing education, business, and communities in the twenty-first century.

Also available from Ken Robinson is Imagine If, a call to action that challenges and empowers us to reimagine our world and our systems for the better, through a compilation of Sir Ken's key messages and philosophies.

• ISBN10: 0143116738
• ISBN13: 9780143116738
• Publish Date: 29 December 2009 (first published 8 January 2009)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Penguin Books
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780143116738

Reviews

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

There is alot of inspiring storied of people finding their passion and going onto great things, which is well and good but it did start to become overkill. The Element was a very interesting read and I enjoyed most of it. Now I just need to start applying the thinks I’ve learnt to my life.