5 myths about creativity
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5 Myths About Creativity
1. People are either born creative or not at all
2. I can't draw I'm not creative 3. I have writers block 4. Business has nothing to
do with creativity 5. Creativity won’t help in my job
Remember, the Bumblebee does something impossible every day!!
1. People are either born
creative or not at all.
“Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc.
Being suddenly hit years later with the 'creative bug' is just a wee voice telling you, 'I'd like my crayons back, please.”
― Hugh MacLeod
2. I can’t draw so I’m
not creative.
1 in 3 people have a “creative scar” from when
they were a child.
“Your best thought comes embedded in chunks of your worst thought.”
-Mark Levy, The Accidental Genius
3. I have writers block
No you don’t!
Can you Draw a baby’s car seat?
Can you Draw a baby’s car seat in
10 seconds?
deadlines produce creativity
The muse
“All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.”
-Seth Godin
4. Business has nothing to do with
creativity
5. Creativity Won’t help me in my job.
1. People are either born creative or not at all.
2. I can't draw I'm not creative
3. I have writers block
4. Business has nothing to do with creativity
5. Creativity won’t help in my job
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