The Creative Edge 17 Biographies of Cultural Icons

by Taylor, Brent D.

• ISBN13: 9780731408474
• ISBN10: 0731408470
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-03
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

What did Elvis Presley have in common with Coco Chanel? How is Madonna similar to Andy Warhol? What does JK Rowling share with David Beckham? Why did they all become cultural icons?They all share a creative edge! In this fascinating book, Brent D Taylor examines the lives of 17 cultural icons to determine how they became 'outsiders' and why this gave them a creative edge. Taylor explores the icons' experience sand qualities-from childhood trauma to sexual deviation, quirky behaviour to outright madness-to discover the roots of creativity.In this book Taylor further develops his concept of outsiders-what shapes them and gives them an edge over the rest of us. The Creative Edge also includes 10 tips for aspiring cultural icons.

Author Biography

Brent D Taylor has for over 20 years run a successful business in social and market research for government and large corporations. He has an honours degree in psychology.

Brent has long been fascinated with extreme achievers and discovered that there was a lack of coherent explanation about why extreme achievers are as they are. His first book on this subject, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-made Billionaires, was published in 2007. He studied famous self-made billionaires, not out of a in 2007. He studied famous self-made billionaires, not out of a fascination with getting rich, but in order to understand why they got rich and others didn't. Having successfully identified the factors that lead to extreme wealth, Brent explores what factors lead people to become cultural icons in this book.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Cultural Icons

Kinky King of Rock 'n' roll

Troubled but Brilliant Beatle

Exhibitionist Pop Diva

Down-to-Earth Sex Goddess

Celluloid Chick Magnet

Spellbinding Storyteller

Cloak-and-dagger Heretic

Eccentric Art Phenomenon

Flamboyantly Tragic Artist

Physicist Who Escaped to the Cosmos

Psychoanalyst Trapped by His Own Oedipal Complex

Tyrannical Nostalgia MogulWalt Disney

Fashion Liberator

Accident-Prone Aviatrix

Everest's Unexpected Conqueror

Tiger Woods- Self-Programmed Golf Wizard

Fastidious Football Star

Insights

The Common Factors

What are Outsiders?

Outsiders are Made Early

Intelligence and Other Advantages

Creative Edge

Inventing Their Own Lives

Creative or Crazy?

Paying the Piper

Ten Tips for Aspiring Cultural Icons

Bibliography

Further Reading

Index

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