April 27th, 2014
A recent article on “How to Cultivate a Creative Thinking Habit” by Jane Porter for Fast Company Magazine included this wonderful excerpt:
“What’s certain is that you don’t just magically land in “Big-C” land one day. It takes the cumulative effect of thinking creatively every day, so much so that you don’t even realize you’re doing it.”
In short, creativity becomes a default mode. “Creative people are creative … not as a result of any particular inborn trait, but, rather, through an attitude toward life,” says Robert Sternberg, a psychologist and psychometrician. “They habitually respond to problems in fresh and novel ways, rather than allowing themselves to respond mindlessly and automatically.”