Ideas and resources for understanding and increasing creativity
“To live creatively is a choice. You must make a commitment to your own mind and the possibility that you will not be accepted. You have to let go of satisfying people, often even yourself.” by Jessica Olien Are you a creative thinker who believes that you could reach your goals if only others would understand …
If you are looking for an interesting and thoughtful blog on a variety of topics, be sure to take a look at Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds. While his main topic is professional presentation design, Reynolds manages to weave in information and discussion about a host of important and current issues, such as his empathic piece …
Being able to change perspective and direction, even and perhaps especially when the stakes are high, is one of the hallmarks of creative thought.
An excerpt from a longer piece I’m working on (and the first of two posts today): I learn so much from teaching creative thinking and from the students. Something that is striking me these days is that the most important, the most potentially life-changing part of adding creativity to one’s life has nothing to do …
Although we might like to think that we do our best creative work when time is tight, research indicates that “the more time pressure people feel on a given day, the less likely they will be to think creatively.”