How to cultivate creativity as an adult, according to an expert
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«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»
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The Creative Switch
No idea? The basic recipe for good ideas is really simple: Just create a lot of options and then pick the best one. But why is that so hard? Because for each of those two steps we need to be in a different mood.
«The basic recipe for good ideas is really simple: Just create a lot of options and then pick the best one.»
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