"Businesses everywhere say they need people who are creative and can think independently. But the argument is not just about business. It's about having lives with purpose and meaning in and beyond whatever work we do."
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"Creativity is very much like literacy."
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"When we connect with our own energy, we're more open to the energy of other people. The more alive we feel, the more we can contribute to the lives of others."
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Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with other people that you get anything interesting done."
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"If I saw further it was because I stood on the shoulders on giants."
-Isaac Newton-
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On "Flow" as Mihaly Csikszentmihaly calls it or "The Element" as Sir Ken Robinson calls it:
"Being in the zone is about using your particular kind of intelligence in an optimal way... When people are in the zone, they align themselves with a way of thinking that works best for them."
"Feeling more like myself than ever before..."
"The Element is the meeting point between natural aptitude and personal passion.... they are doing the thing they love and in doing it they feel like their most authentic selves. They find time passes differently and that they are more alive, more centered and more vibrant that at any other times."
"Activities we love fill us with energy even when we are physically exhausted. Activities we don't like drain us in minutes.... when people place themselves in situations that lead to their being in the zone, they tap into a primal source of energy. They are literally more alive because of it."
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"For most people, a primary component of being in their Element is connecting with other people who share their passion and a desire to make the most of themselves through it." --- "FINDING YOUR TRIBE" as he calls it.... "tribes are circles of influence."
"THE ALCHEMY OF SYNERGY"
"What connects a tribe is a common commitment to the thing they feel born to do."
"...she finds herself with a group of people who see the world the way she does, who allow her to feel her most natural, who affirm her talents, who inspire her, influence her, and drive her to be her best. She is close to her trie self when she is among actors.....being a part of this tribe brings her to the Element."
"Tribe membership.. helps people become more themselves , leading toward a greater sense of personal identity. On the other hand, we can easily lose our identity in a crowd, including a group of fans. Being a fan is about being partisan; cheering or jeering and finding joy in victory and agony in defeat. This might be fulfilling and thrilling in many ways, but it normally it doesn't take you to the Element as a means of self-realization."
"Many people don't find their Element because they don't have the encouragement or the confidence to step outside their established circle of relationships."
"When people close to you discourage you from taking a particular path, they usually believe they are doing it for your own good... And the fact is that the average office worker probably does have more financial security that the average jazz trumpeter. But it is difficult to feel accomplished when you're not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something 'for your own good' is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are."
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Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity. Hear him speak on TED.
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