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Happiness is linked to higher creativity

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Many people have the stereotype of a creative person as someone who is broody, weird and possibly a little depressed. Numerous studies have looked at what sort of mood results in people producing their most creative output. And the results are overwhelmingly clear: Being happy is good for your creativity.

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How travel can improve your creativity

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But not only is travel good for the soul, it is also good for our creativity. Several research studies from 1989 and 2014 have found that traveling away from your home can result in an improvement in measures of creativity. This was associated with a strong improvement in creative performance. But why does this happen?

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The 4C model of Creativity

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Is it possible to be creative, even if you are not a genius changing the world? But how do you compare the creativity of a child, to someone who is a professional? This is where the 4C model of creativity comes in. The 4C model of Creativity. This is how even young children can be creative. Yes, of course.

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The creative personality: Which of the Big 5 Personality Traits is associated with creativity?

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Why do creative people often behave so differently than other people? For decades, researchers have been trying to find out what makes up the personality profile of creative, innovative people. However, in order to be able to identify the personality of creative people, researchers needed to agree on a way to study personality at all.

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Creative Process: 5 stages which ideas go through

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What is actually happening in the brain a complex combination of conscious and unconscious activities that interact with one another, trying to find creative solutions to a challenge. This is what is known as the Creative Process. The method by which the brain comes up with creative ideas.

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What is a creative “Flow State”? And how can I achieve it?

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What makes it possible for high performance athletes, aritists, scientists and innovators to effortlessly produce great, creative work? The history of creative flow. In certain situations, it seems like these people enter a state where ideas and results just seem to flow naturally. You may have even experienced it yourself.

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Innovative Businesses Prioritize Creativity

Daniel Burrus

Human beings are meant to be creative. One problem we witness too often in society is the treatment of creativity and business innovation as mutually exclusive occurrences. Most notably, older organizations are the ones that place creativity in one column and positive disruptions via innovation in another.