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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

408: Nourishing Creativity so It Can Nourish You with Dr. Alton Barron

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Alton Barron discusses the importance of creativity, how it influences your health, and how you can resurrect creativity after it has been stamped out.   You'll Learn: The scientific link between creativity and health Why boredom is good for creativity The role of clutter in creativity   About Alton: Dr. Barron is a fellowship-trained shoulder, elbow, and hand surgeon. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at NYU-Langone and the Univ. of Texas Dell Medical Centers, practicing in both Austin and Manhattan. Dr. Barron has been surgeon for thousands of competitive athletes (a team doctor for Fordham University for 15 years) and professional musicians, including the NY Philharmonic and Metropolitan Operas in New York for over 20 years. He publishes and lectures extensively nationally and internationally. Founder/director of the nonprofit Musician Treatment Foundation https://mtfusa.org/. Co-author of The Creativity Cure with wife Carrie Barron published by Scribner in 2012. https://www.facebook.com/TheCreativityCure/ Founding member, Team Continuum cancer charity https://www.teamcontinuum.net/   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep408 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:16.0

Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 408 of Dr. Alton is talking about creation. for why to cultivate creativity and how to do so you get more ideas you'll learn one the scientific link between

0:35.7

creativity and health to why boredom is great for creativity and three the rule of

0:40.9

clutter and decluttering when it comes to creativity.

0:43.8

So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items we referenced,

0:46.9

it's over at awesome at your job.com slash ep 408.

0:49.9

Now here's Alton's story. Dr. Barron is a fellowship trained shoulder, elbow enhanced surgeon.

0:54.6

He is an associate clinical professor of orthopedics at NYU Langen and the University of Texas

1:00.7

Dell Medical Center is practicing in both Austin and Manhattan.

1:03.7

Dr. Barden has been a surgeon for thousands of competitive athletes, a team doctor for

1:08.8

Fordham University for 15 years and professional musicians, included the New York Philharmonic in

1:13.2

Metropolitan Opera's in New York for over 20 years. He publishes and lectures

1:17.2

extensively nationally and internationally. He's the founder director of the

1:20.3

nonprofit Musician Treatment Foundation and co-author of the Creativity Cure with his wife Carrie Barron published by Scribner in 2012

1:27.6

He's also a founding member of the team Continuum Cancer Charity

1:31.6

So thanks to Alton for sharing some time and thanks to our sponsors. Check them out.

1:36.9

Now here is Alton. Alton thanks so much for joining us here on the How to Be Awesome at

1:42.3

Your Job Podcast. He thanks so much for joining us here on the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast.

1:43.3

Pete, thanks so much for having me.

1:44.6

I'm very excited to speak with you.

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