Creativity leads to change. Innovators change the way the world works. In recent years, they’ve radically changed how we connect with others, how we purchase things, how we find entertainment, and more. Long before these innovations hit the market… long before the creative insight occurs, you’ll find a creative person who not happy with the
How do you view yourself? What identity have you created for yourself? When you tell yourself the story of you, what do you say? What experiences have shaped you? What beliefs do you hold? What values guide you? Your answers to all of these questions make up your identity. They are what psychological researchers would
As a creative person, you hold the power of the gods. You hold the power to create and destroy. The product of your creativity can send powerful companies to the knees. At its height, Yahoo was worth over 125 billion dollars. A few years later, Yahoo crumbled and lost 96% of its value. The sale
It might seem counter-intuitive, but habits and schedules can be incredibly beneficial to creativity. Creative people do the unexpected. They mix things up. They expose themselves to new ideas and incorporate them in fresh and interesting ways. On the other hand, schedule and habits invite the expected and mundane into our lives. They reject fresh
What makes a goal motivating? Today, we’ll talk about a really simple way of understanding motivation. When you think of your goals, how much do you trust yourself to execute your plan This is called self-efficacy, and it plays one of the most important roles in motivation. Self-efficacy is the belief that you have the
What motivates great inventors? A 1991 study by Ford and Nichols looked into this. They asked 247 inventors to list their top three motivations for doing what they do. The inventors mentioned 24 different goals that motivated them to invent. The top 4 responses were: Mastery, Entertainment, Exploration and Happiness. The goals with the fewest
Usually when people set goals, they think about setting a long-term goal, such as “I want to make a million dollars” or “I want to launch a new company this year” then they break those goals into short-term goals. There’s nothing wrong with this strategy. It keeps you focused on the long-term and it ensures
In this article, I’m going to show you two famous examples of how naïveté can help you launch a highly successful creative idea: One created an 11 BILLION $ industry while the other lead to one of the most celebrated celebrities of all-time. I’ll also show you 4 reasons why you should be embracing your naïveté right now.