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Creativity Is a Process, Not an Event
Creativity arises from making new connections—contemplate unexpected things together. Don’t wait for moments of inspiration to strike. Creativity is a muscle; exercise it. There’s a logic to creativity: find what works for you, break it down, and you have a process that can serve you forever. Unstructured freedom is the enemy of true creative achie
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- The creative process is the ability to relate old and new ideas. This means creative thinking is the task of recognizing relationships between concepts.
James Clear • For a More Creative Brain Follow These 5 Steps
The Creative Process 5 Steps: 1. Gather new material: - At first, you learn. During this stage you focus on learning specific material directly related to your task and learning general material by becoming fascinated with a wide range of concepts. 2 . Thoroughly work over the materials in your mind: During this stage, you ... See more
James Clear • For a More Creative Brain Follow These 5 Steps
Over the past few years, I’ve read many books about creativity, and it’s made me realize the sad truth that most people don’t read books on creativity. And so “to be creative” in the mainstream view is limited to making visual art or music or other artifacts. But when you read books on creativity, you discover a whole process that kindles a lot of ... See more
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Excerpt from the lecture referenced in the article:
It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea. By giving my brain a chance to make associations, draw connections, take me by surprise. And often even that idea doesn’t turn out to be very good. I need time to think about it, too, to make mistakes and recognize them, to make false starts and correct them, to outlast my impulses, to defeat my desire to declare the job done and move on to the next thing.
"Nearly all great ideas follow a similar creative process and this article explains how this process works." - James Clear
James Clear • For a More Creative Brain Follow These 5 Steps
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