Make Brilliant Work & How to Calm Your Mind 2 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
Make Brilliant Work by Rod Judkins
How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey

Details
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
ISBN (Make Brilliant Work): 9781529060157
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Age Range: Adult

Overview
This two-book paperback collection pairs creative inspiration with practical calm, bringing together Rod Judkins' Make Brilliant Work and Chris Bailey's How to Calm Your Mind. Together they offer a rounded toolkit for anyone juggling ambition and burnout, showing how to produce standout creative or professional work while protecting mental energy. Brand new and ready to gift, this set suits students, entrepreneurs, artists and busy professionals who want both sharper ideas and a steadier mind, without sacrificing one for the other.

About the Books
Make Brilliant Work draws on the stories of unlikely achievers—people who lacked obvious talent, failed early, or faced repeated rejection—yet still produced extraordinary results. Rod Judkins, author of the bestselling The Art of Creative Thinking, distils their methods into practical, repeatable strategies for turning ordinary effort into outstanding creative or professional output. It's a book about mindset as much as technique: reframing setbacks, experimenting freely, and pushing past the safe, obvious choice to find genuinely original work.

How to Calm Your Mind takes a different but complementary angle. Productivity researcher Chris Bailey, known for his work on focus and attention, examines what happens when relentless hustle collides with burnout. Rather than offering another list of productivity hacks, he explores how calm and mental spaciousness are themselves the foundation of sustainable performance. Readers are guided through practical techniques for reducing overwhelm, managing anxious thinking, and building daily habits that protect long-term focus and creativity rather than exhausting it in short bursts.

Read together, the two titles bridge the gap between doing brilliant creative work and doing it in a way that can actually be sustained—useful for anyone who has ever felt torn between ambition and exhaustion.

• Two complementary paperback titles in one convenient set
• Covers both creative output and mental wellbeing
• Written by two respected voices in creativity and productivity
• Ideal gift for students, creatives, and busy professionals
• Packed with practical, real-world strategies rather than theory alone
• Great addition to any personal development or business bookshelf

About the Authors
Rod Judkins is an artist and lecturer at Central Saint Martins, and the bestselling author of The Art of Creative Thinking. His writing focuses on unlocking creative potential through real-world examples of unconventional success. Chris Bailey is a productivity researcher and speaker, best known for The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus. His work explores the relationship between attention, energy and sustainable performance, drawing on both research and personal experience of burnout recovery.

Why You'll Love This Set
Perfect for anyone balancing ambition with wellbeing, this set delivers practical creative strategies alongside genuine tools for calm—making it a thoughtful gift or a smart addition to your own shelf.

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