A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
Earl NightingaleRead
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Interpretation
Creativity stems from being passionate and enthusiastic about something.
Earl Nightingale emphasizes that creativity doesn't exist in a vacuum; instead, it emerges from our natural excitement and enthusiasm for ideas and projects. When we are genuinely enthusiastic about what we are doing, our creative potentials expand, and we are able to express ourselves in innovative and original ways.
In practice
Using this quote in a workshop on fostering creativity in the workplace.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
If the grass is greener on the other side it`s probably getting better care. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of common sense principles anyone can master.
Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all.
The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.
Do what experts since the dawn of recorded history have told you you must do: pay the price by becoming the person you want to become. It's not nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully.
We need to make the world safe for creativity and intuition, for it's creativity and intuition that will make the world safe for us.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value
Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity.
Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.
The creative process requires more than reason. Most original thinking isn't even verbal. It requires 'a groping experimentation with ideas, governed by intuitive hunches and inspired by the unconscious.' The majority of business men are incapable of original thinking because they are unable to escape from the tyranny of reason. Their imaginations are blocked.
But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.
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