Even the three icons of classical music -- Bach, Beethoven, Mozart -- had to generate hundreds and hundreds of compositions to come up with a much smaller number of masterpieces.
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- Apr 2020
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it was too important not to try
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What about fear? Originals feel fear, too. They're afraid of failing, but what sets them apart from the rest of us is that they're even more afraid of failing to try. They know you can fail by starting a business that goes bankrupt or by failing to start a business at all. They know that in the long run, our biggest regrets are not our actions but our inactions.
Something to remember.
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Know that being quick to start but slow to finish can boost your creativity, that you can motivate yourself by doubting your ideas and embracing the fear of failing to try, and that you need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones.
This really helped me gain insights to how I can improve my time management.
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They have bad ideas. And sometimes, it's not in spite of those qualities but because of them that they succeed. 14:39So when you see those things, don't make the same mistake I did. Don't write them off.
Loss aversion method is extremely effective. "Losses are more painful than gains are pleasant" (Heath and Heath 2013, 174).
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If you look across industries and ask people about their biggest idea, their most important suggestion, 85 percent of them stayed silent instead of speaking up. They were afraid of embarrassing themselves, of looking stupid.
If there is one thing that has remained constant throughout my entire school-life, it's that I ask a LOT of questions in any (on-campus) class. However, I've been able to learn just how valuable asking questions is - it keeps my doubts focused on ideas rather than my own self and/or doings.
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They also stay in their jobs 15 percent longer, by the way. Why? It's not a technical advantage. The four browser groups on average have similar typing speed and they also have similar levels of computer knowledge. It's about how you got the browser. Because if you use Internet Explorer or Safari, those came preinstalled on your computer, and you accepted the default option that was handed to you. If you wanted Firefox or Chrome, you had to doubt the default and ask, is there a different option out there, and then be a little resourceful
Critical thinking!
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Now, on the surface, a lot of original people look confident, but behind the scenes, they feel the same fear and doubt that the rest of us do. They just manage it differently.
I need to be able to continue to doubt my ideas but be able to realize when I go into the "perfect isn't good enough" mindset.
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Look at a classic study of over 50 product categories, comparing the first movers who created the market with the improvers who introduced something different and better. What you see is that the first movers had a failure rate of 47 percent, compared with only 8 percent for the improvers. Look at Facebook, waiting to build a social network until after Myspace and Friendster. Look at Google, waiting for years after Altavista and Yahoo. It's much easier to improve on somebody else's idea than it is to create something new from scratch. So the lesson I learned is that to be original you don't have to be first. You just have to be different and better.
Whenever a colleague asks me how I come up with creative ideas, I always respond saying that the first thing I do is Google for examples to gather ideas and different options to chose from. This will be very valuable, especially with our digital age today and the importance of being able to evolve as time goes by.
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What about Martin Luther King, Jr.? The night before the biggest speech of his life, the March on Washington, he was up past 3am, rewriting it.
Wow - this describes me to the 'T'
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I thought, "This is the perfect time to teach myself to procrastinate, while writing a chapter on procrastination." So I metaprocrastinated, and like any self-respecting precrastinator, I woke up early the next morning and I made a to-do list with steps on how to procrastinate.
Making subtle jokes about your own self is one of the persuasive techniques I really want to hone on. It shows real humility and confidence.
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Now, Minesweeper is awesome, but it's not the driver of the effect, because if you play the game first before you learn about the task, there's no creativity boost. It's only when you're told that you're going to be working on this problem, and then you start procrastinating, but the task is still active in the back of your mind, that you start to incubate. Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.
When I really think about it, I more often than not will come up with the best ideas when I'm not working on the project. Either something in my daily life will suddenly inspire new ideas or something will occur that I notice correlates with my studies.
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To find out, we designed some experiments.
(CEP) Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
- Establishes reliability and credibility
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There's a sweet spot where originals seem to live. Why is this? Maybe original people just have bad work habits. Maybe procrastinating does not cause creativity.
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organizational psychologist
This is an area that I have a very high interest in and where my BA in Interdisciplinary Humanities and MA in Communication Management can work together perfectly.
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Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on. And they look nothing like I expected. I want to show you today three things I've learned about recognizing originals and becoming a little bit more like them.
Love this inducement tactic. It spurs interest and fosters an individual's self-motivation - we all want to drive positive changes in the world; we all want to not just talk the talk but also walk the walk.
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(Applause)
Applauses signals that the presenter successfully establishes common ground with the audience. Learning about this strategy was one of the most important takeaways I had from my Persuasion and Influence course.
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(Laughter)
One of the strongest tactics of influence and persuasion. "Making your audience laugh automatically increases the likability factor... this sweet side effect also enables the technique to move its victims to fulfill their agreements and to engage in further such agreements" (Cialdini 2009, 44). In this case, the audience's enjoyment increases, becoming unconcerned about the fact that it's a 15 minute speech.
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Adam Grant's approach to this topic provides a perfect example of Gibb's Reflective Cycle and how applying the model can not only pinpoint where the disconnect(s) begins, but also the reasons behind it. Grant's reflection made him recognize that the most creative, 'original' people are not what he - a psychologist - even expected. Rather than racing to be first, they work the clock to explore their options and its alternatives.
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"You guys realize, the entire company is a website. That's literally all it is." So I obviously declined to invest.
This is a common mistake; people either draw conclusions or assumptions too early, or without all of the information needed to make an informed decision.
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