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Creativity
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Does Listening to Music Stimulate Creative Thinking, or Stifle It?
By Markham Heid
How to Wake Up To Your Creativity
By Jeffrey Kluger
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The Morning Routine That Can Help Boost Your Creativity
Just keep writing
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Sleep is vital for problem solving, intelligence, and work
By Jason Fried / Inc.
April 13, 2016
6 TED Talks That Will Boost Your Creativity
They’ll help you start to think outside of the box ASAP
By Melanie Deziel
March 15, 2016
Why You Should Wait Five Minutes Before You React
Think before you speak
By Jason Fried / Signal v. Noise
February 19, 2016
How to Be Creative: 6 Secrets Backed By Research
Whether it’s at work or in our free time, many of us would love to learn how to be creative. Coming up with great ideas and new perspectives is a blast. But “thinking different” is...
By Eric Barker
December 10, 2015
The Simple Realization That Changed Steve Jobs' Life
Improve the well-being of society
By Drake Baer / Business Insider
September 16, 2015
Why Neurotics Might Be More Creative
A wandering mind might explain why creative leaders tend to be neurotic.
By Tanya Basu
August 27, 2015
How Complaining at Work Hurts Your Career
Leadership coach Rick Tamlyn on getting out of the toxic habits that impede our ability to be creative
By Julia Lull and Arpita Aneja
August 12, 2015
How to Gather Ideas and Combine Them Into a New Creation
“Combinatory play,” said Einstein, “seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.” Ruminating on the necessity of both reading and writing, so as not to confine ourselves to either, Seneca in one of his...
By Shane Parrish
August 10, 2015
The 5 Skills of Disruptive Innovators
In The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators, authors Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen uncover the origins of “innovative-and often disruptive-business ideas.” Five primary discovery skills—skills that compose what we...
By Shane Parrish
August 5, 2015
4 Principles That Will Make You More Innovative
Combing through the research, what are the overarching principles that we need to know to be more innovative thinkers in everyday life? Here they are, with links to the research backing them up. 1) Relax...
By Eric Barker
July 23, 2015
How to Overcome Creativity Roadblocks
The riskiest, most dangerous and potentially most interesting ideas are the easiest to hold back
By Courtney Seiter / Buffer
May 6, 2015
11 Ways to Maximize Your Creative Brainstorming Time
Creative brainstorming can lead to success — if you make time for it
By BusinessCollective
April 24, 2015
7 Rituals You Should Steal From Extremely Creative People
Observe your mentors and study the work of other masters
By Marc Chernoff
December 30, 2014
These Are the Top Six Books That Will Make You More Creative
If you read What are the four principles that will lead you to breakthrough creativity? and want more information, look no further. Six of the best sources I came across are below, with links and...
By Eric Barker
November 7, 2014
The Reason Your Child Might Be Less Creative
Our schools and workplaces claim to love creativity — but the research shows they don’t reward it. In fact, they punish it. “…students with the highest GPA’s were the ones who scored lowest on measures...
By Eric Barker
November 6, 2014
A Tourist's Guide to the Hong Kong Protests
Travelers, families and office workers rub shoulders with students and democracy activists in Hong Kong's city center protest site
By Helen Regan
October 10, 2014
9 Ways to Become More Creative in the Next 10 Minutes
Creativity is developed; it's not a birthright
By Inc.
August 14, 2014
Creative Thinking Exercises: 8 Steps to Workplace Creativity
A while back I rounded up a lot of the research and posted my four fundamental rules for increasing creativity. But those aren’t all easy to do at the office. The list includes getting drunk,...
By Eric Barker
August 1, 2014
Creativity at Work: 6 Ways to Encourage Innovative Ideas
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By Eric Barker
July 28, 2014
Here's How the World's Most Creative People Organize Their Daily Routines
From Maya Angelou to Beethoven to Picasso
By Samantha Grossman
July 7, 2014
Strokes of Genius: Here’s How the Most Creative People Get Their Ideas
Where do strokes of genius come from?
By Eric Barker
June 27, 2014
Chef Ferran Adrià Dishes on Creativity
Spanish chef Ferran Adrià had one of the most famous and admired restaurants in the world. He had hundreds of people wanting each set every single night. And then in 2010, he abruptly announced he...
By Belinda Luscombe
May 22, 2014
Robert Redford Almost Gave Up on Acting
When considering who most influenced his life, Robert Redford, who has performed with Hollywood's finest and mentored independent cinema's rising stars, cites a "mixed bag" of people who helped him along the way. "There is...
By TIME Video
April 24, 2014
Do Your Job Better: Find a Hobby
Researchers at San Francisco State University surveyed 341 employees about their "creative activities," which ranged from writing to video gaming, and discovered that having an outlet connects to experiencing mastery, control and relaxation
By Alexandra Sifferlin
April 16, 2014
Cheating is a Good Thing (Sometimes)
A liberated mind is a creative mind, and nothing frees you up like breaking the rules
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 10, 2014
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