The Best Articles in Creativity
The most useful articles and videos in Creativity from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Creativity Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Creativity by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Videos
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The test that reveals your hidden strengths
This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.Subscribe ...
Drawing for writers: Procreate 101
Even if you have never drawn before, we'll teach you how to draw and make your articles stand out using Procreate. Salman Ansari (https://letter.salman.io) a...
How the World's Most Successful People Think - Polina Marinova Pompliano, Author of Hidden Genius
In her new book, Hidden Genius, Polina Pompliano discusses the simple, actionable habits that have helped some of the most recognizable people in the world ...
How To Find MILLION DOLLAR Business Ideas That WORK
I'm joined by Noah Kagan, CEO of AppSumo. We talk about how to build products people love, how he lost $1M for not listening to customers, how to find the be...
Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas
One trait that many great founders share is conviction. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll talk about finding confidence in what you're building, the...
What is ...?
New to Creativity? These articles make an excellent introduction.
What is a picture?
If we want to understand what a picture is, then we must look at the difference between perception and imagination.
How to ...?
How to cultivate creativity as an adult, according to an expert
Shared by 865, including Ines Bieler, Stephanie A Kowalski, Katja Evertz
«optimism and creativity often go hand in hand, but also that the status quo or ruminating on the status quo can often lead to a type of pessimism»
How To Find A Hobby As An Adult, According To Experts & Women Who’ve Done It
Not sure what to do with your evenings off? Experts and women who've done it share their best tips for finding a hobby as an adult.
How to Find Your Voice: Nick Cave on Creativity
“Your imagination… is mostly an accidental dance between collected memory and influence… a construction that awaits spiritual ignition.”
«Nothing is original because everything is an influence; everything is original because no influence makes its way into our art untransmuted by our imagination»
How to come up with a unique Halloween costume without spending a ton of money
Tap your creativity (and closet) for the best Halloween costume.
How to Brainstorm — Remotely
Think outside the (Zoom) box.
«hybrid meetings in which some people are present and some are online are generally a horrible experience for those attending remotely.»
Trending
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Inspirational Websites Roundup #57
Discover a fresh collection of websites, each chosen for their outstanding design, to spark your inspiration.
Distribute Ideas, Not Content
Mark Rogers, Director of Content Marketing at Freshpaint, explains how to create a simple yet impactful content strategy by focusing on a central idea.
Human Curiosity in the Age of AI
The future of human curiosity in the age of AI is not a zero-sum game. It’s an opportunity to create a virtuous cycle of discovery where the unique strengths of human and AI curiosity build upon and…
Building a Creativity Kanban
To get more creative work done, think like a car manufacturer. A system for optimising the creative process and breaking through your barriers.
Honoring Your Word to Yourself
By Leo Babauta There is a power to our word that is very often underdeveloped — words are magic, and can create the world around us. But most of us use this magic as if it weren’t powerful. The first…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Creativity—all under 10 minutes.
10 Ideas That Changed Our Lives
The Curiosity Chronicle has quickly become one of the most popular newsletters for growth-minded individuals in the world. Each week, subscribers receive a deep dive that covers topics ranging from…
Ness Labs Best Books of February 2024
What should you read this month? This is your February 2024 guide to discovering the most insightful, inspiring, and transformative books on mindful productivity, creative growth, holistic ambition,…
The best way to unlock potential? Don’t focus on raw talent
By all accounts, Philipp Meyer is a talented writer. He has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His novels have been compared to the pantheon of Faulkner,…
«Meyer’s story is a reminder that our cultural obsession with raw talent is misguided. To truly unlock potential — either your own or that of the people you lead and teach — you must refine your shortcomings, too.»
Timeshielding: How to Do the Things you Actually Want to Do
Timeshielding allows you to protect blocks of time in your calendar for what matters to you, with no specific task list. This could be for research, reading, creative brainstorming, or even just doing…
Young children trounce large language models in a simple problem-solving task
Large language models like ChatGPT are immensely powerful — the first artificial intelligences to produce truly human-like content. They are already being used to provide customer service, write…
«It’s a wonderful irony: When AIs become more childlike, that’s when their abilities might truly explode, with world-changing ramifications.»
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Creativity.
New talk: Making Hard Things Easy
A few weeks ago I gave a keynote at Strange Loop called Making Hard Things Easy. It’s about why I think some things are hard to learn and ideas for how we can make them easier. Here’s the video, as…
How to Do Great Work
July 2023If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.Partly my goal was to create…
«The trouble with exponential growth is that the curve feels flat in the beginning. It isn't; it's still a wonderful exponential curve»
“There’s Nothing Mystical About the Idea that Ideas Change History”
An interview with Steven Pinker.
How Lego builds a new Lego set
Exclusive: the $80 Lego Ideas Polaroid OneStep — and how it was made.
Special report: how design agencies are actually using AI in 2024
Forget the hype: how are AI tools actually being employed in the creative world right now? For this special report, we spoke to more than 25 creative agencies to find out. There's been much contro...
Podcasts
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TED Business: The unexpected habits of original thinkers
Show TED Business, Ep The unexpected habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant - 28 Feb 2021
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