Chuck Frey
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Chuck Frey
The direction of our thinking is determined by the questions we ask. Asking mediocre questions tends to lead us down well-worn, rutted paths of thinking. Creative minds continually ask excellent questions, which enable them to continually formulate and refine ideas.
The creative person knows that nearly anything they encounter in the course of daily life can be fodder for creative solutions.
Develop your “insight outlook” — the habit of becoming more aware of the implications or deeper meanings of the information that fills your day.
Ideas tend to get away, unless you immediately record them. Creative people always carry tools with them to capture their flashes of insight.
Big journeys are not reached by a single dive into the abyss. They are made up of many smaller journeys fueled by micro-curiosities, that is, small puzzles, mysteries, or challenges that are inside our comfort zone and that motivate us to explore our domain of interest. By breaking down an ambitious exploration into smaller, more achievable bits, w
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If there’s one secret ingredient that separates the creatively successful from the unsuccessful, the innovative from the unimaginative, it is insatiable curiosity.
What if you were to treat your ideas as your art — something precious to be cultivated, grown and manifested in the world?
It's been said that luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity. Become knowledgeable enough about the focus of your passion that you're able to RECOGNIZE the ideas, inspirations and possibilities all around you.
Open-ended questions put you into a creative state of mind by stimulating curiosity, and act something like a magnet to pull forth creative ideas from your mind.