Creativity for Uncreative People

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

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🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The Minimalists discuss with writer Jeff Goins how people who believe they're naturally uncreative can discover their creative side. Listen to full episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast: patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	This focus has bad words.
0:10.6	Is it possible for me to be creative if I'm not a creative person?
0:15.6	This is interesting because I do believe there is such a thing as talent.
0:19.6	There's someone who Kevin Durant has certain talents that I will never have.
0:24.8	He's also 7 feet tall, right?
0:27.1	So I wouldn't say that I'm untalented and basketball.
0:31.5	I would say that I don't have the same talent as him, right?
0:36.8	But also he has a whole set of skills that he's developed over several decades.
0:41.3	And so saying you're an uncreative person or you're not a creative person is like saying
0:45.8	I don't have height.
0:47.7	Well no, everyone has height.
0:49.6	Some people are taller than other people.
0:52.1	And so you have a height, right?
0:54.7	Like I'm 6'2".
0:55.9	I have a height, but there are people who are appreciably taller than me.
1:00.0	I think the same is true with creativity.
1:01.4	I'm about 6'2".
1:03.4	And creativity as well.
1:04.4	There are some people who are tower over me and they're sort of inborn creativity.
1:09.8	But it's not an excuse for me to not create.
1:11.9	We are all creative beings to some extent.
1:14.3	Would you agree to it with that?
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