5 myths about creativity

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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