Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Are you highly Creative? The simple quiz below will help you answer that question.
It will also help you to see where these creative abilities may have been experienced as liabilities (see You’re Not Mad, You’re Creative Part One) — and how that might be turned around.
Are You Highly Creative?
- Do you feel different from those around you or that you are on a different “path” than most?
- Have you been told you “think too much” or are “too much of a perfectionist”?
- Do/did your schoolteachers berate you for Read the whole post »
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Ever been told you are “too sensitive,” “think too much” or are “too much of a perfectionist”?
In a society that doesn’t appreciate them, creative abilities can be labelled and experienced as liabilities, says Mary Taylor, LCSW, of the Creative Intelligence Centre.
“Highly creative people often face a lifetime of hardship and psychological pain because they do not see themselves or their abilities clearly,” says Taylor. “The abilities of highly creative people are frequently hidden under Read the whole post »
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
The creative solution to a problem often presents itself spontaneously, as if it happened without us. It feels like a little
epiphany, what Oprah magazine calls the “aha moment”,
Because that’s how it feels, we can think we had nothing to do with its arrival. This is one of the reasons why so many people approach problems with set patterns and ways of thinking. Or, alternatively, sit waiting for a creative solution to arrive, to fall out of the sky.
In fact, there is a great deal you can do to encourage Read the whole post »
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
What industry was to the 19th century and information to the
20th, so shall creativity be to the 21st.
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
How do you know if you are actually engaged in a creative process? Is there a way to tell?
Evaluating creativity and creative intelligence is not easy. By definition, creativity involves a unique, spontaneous and free-flowing activity, approach or outcome which analysis wants to generalise, regulate and contain in order to understand.
One common confusion is to conflate creativity with “genius” or “talent”.
It’s important to recognise that prodigious skills, or advanced mathematical reasoning, or advanced sensory-motor coordination (the practiced interactions between hand and eye deployed by a skilled painter or musician, for example) are Read the whole post »
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Internet’s best Creative Intelligence posts – news, views and tips you can use.
Creative Intelligence: Pep’s Pep Talk Goes Viral
The secret behind FC Barcelona’s recent Champions League triumph over Manchester United has gone viral. Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola showed his players a video that highlighted the best of Barcelona’s 08/09 Season which was mixed with scene’s from the blockbuster hit Gladiator…
Why Group Norms Kill Creativity « PsyBlog
Research shows group members equate creativity with Read the whole post »
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
Want to be more creative? Creativity is a process, a practice. Here are the habits that all creative people have
fostered:
1. Ask Questions
What if? Why? Why not? How? How many of the world’s great inventions or artworks would never have happened if their creators hadn’t asked.
2. Embrace Change
It’s happening, whether you like it or not. Might as well Read the whole post »
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Here’s a poem I’ve found myself sending to a number of my friends lately:
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver.
I dedicate it especially to all the good girls out there, all the women who do too much.
That used to be me. Not so much now.
While I was Read the whole post »
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Welcome to our Sunday salon, the week’s roundup of what’s new and happening on the topic of creative intelligence.
This week:
- Take a creativity challenge this summer
- Lateral Thinking & Creative Thinking: Similarities and Differences
- A free creative intelligence workshop (Conejo valley)
& lots more news and views you can use…
Beginners’ Guide to Creative Intelligence
First off, the ten lessons that comprise my personal take on the topic of Creative Intelligence are now complete. Begin here and follow the links from there.
Creative Intelligence
This article covers the characteristics of creative learning and Read the whole post »
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Beginner’s Guide To Creative Intelligence: Lesson #10: What’s Creating Whom.
So you go through your life, making what you’re making, consciously and unconsciously.
And sooner or later comes the day when you realise: what you’ve created has created you.
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RELATED POSTS: Beginner’s Guide to Creative Intelligence Lesson # 9 Lesson #8 Lesson # 7; Lesson # 6; Lesson # 5 Lesson #4 Lesson #3 Lesson #2 Lesson #1
Creative Intelligence Blog Link - Sheila Bender’s Writing It Real. A world of writing tools (online classes, articles, and more) for those who write from personal experience.
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