67: Allen Gannett | You Don't Have to Be a Genius to Be Creative

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Jordan Harbinger

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🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Allen Gannett (@allen) is the founder and CEO of TrackMaven, a placeholder on the 30 under 30 lists for both Forbes and Inc., and the author of The Creative Curve: How To Develop The Right Idea, At The Right Time.

What We Discuss with Allen Gannett:

Creativity isn't innate to a lucky few geniuses; it's a quality that anyone can learn to develop.
Why many stories about so-called geniuses are embellished to sell an inaccurate idea of what creativity is and where this quality comes from.
What various fields of study have known -- for years -- about the relationship between intelligence and creativity and how this is at odds with popular belief.
Steps that show us how we can cultivate the right qualities and environment so that episodes of creative genius are more likely to strike us when we need it.
The four laws of the creative curve that, if followed, will endow anyone with creative prowess.
And much more...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with my producer, Jason DeFilippo.
0:05.2	Today we're talking with Alan Gannett. He's the founder and CEO of Track Mavin and the author of
0:10.8	The Creative Curve, how to develop the right idea at the right time. He's also on the 30 under
0:15.7	30 lists for both ink and forms, which I will admit stings a little. I wasn't doing anything by age
0:21.6	30. That was even remotely noteworthy. I'll admit it. And today it's going to be an interesting
0:27.4	one. We live in a world where most people idolize the creative grates of today, such as Elon Musk
0:32.5	and Zuckerberg and all those guys and Gals. These creative heavyweights are revered, right? Most of us
0:38.5	are just positive. We could never reach similar creative heights. It's never going to happen. These
0:43.2	people are geniuses. They're one and a million and maybe to a degree that's true. However, today
0:48.6	we'll discuss some of the science behind creativity and see if it can be learned by just about anyone.
0:53.1	In fact, that's a spoiler alert. That's what we're going to show. We'll also discover that anyone
0:57.8	can achieve moments of creative genius and we'll see some steps that show us how we can cultivate
1:02.8	the right qualities and environment so that this is more likely to strike us when we need it.
1:07.7	And we'll discuss four laws. Alan calls them the laws of the creative curve. That, if followed,
1:13.0	will enable just about anyone to become a creative rock star. As always, we've got work sheets for
1:18.5	the show. If you want to make sure you solidify your understanding of the key takeaways,
1:21.9	get those four laws downpats and figure out what you need to do to stoke those creative fires,
1:26.4	that link is in the show notes at jordanharbinger.com slash podcast. All right. Here's Alan Gennett.
1:32.8	Alan, thanks for coming on the show today, man. Thanks for having me. Now, I know you've been
1:36.9	deep in statistics and you're sort of busy, be-to-be services and things like that. So it seems
1:43.2	a little surprising to me that your book is about becoming more creative or how to develop the
1:49.1	right idea at the right time. How did that happen? Because when I look at things like track,
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