Is There Such a Thing as ‘Naturally Creative'?

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Are some people just born creative, or is creativity something that can be learned?

In this episode, we talk about the concept of natural creativity and how to tap into our full creative potential. We discuss the impact of limiting beliefs on our creativity and how to overcome them, including a 4-step process outlined by Tony Robbins. We also explore the importance of surrounding ourselves with supportive people and joining creative communities, and the idea that creativity is a muscle that requires practice.

Some highlights:

The George Land creativity test and its implications
The impact of limiting beliefs on creativity
Strategies for overcoming limiting beliefs and tapping into our full creative potential

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Is there such a thing as being, quote, naturally creative?
0:09.8	Are some people just born creative?
0:12.0	Or is creativity something that can be learned?
0:14.8	Now, I'm guessing that you likely know my position here,
0:19.0	but it seems reasonable to start out with a little bit of a story.
0:22.5	So come back to 1968. This cat named George Land develops a test, and it's a creativity test.
0:31.1	It does this for NASA to help them select innovative engineers and scientists for the, obviously, the burden that one carries being an astronaut,
0:40.8	right? So this George Landcat then uses this test to also assess the creativity of 1,600 kids
0:51.4	as a part of a program called Head Start.
0:54.9	So we tested these kids first at age five, then again at age 10 and 15, and the results
1:01.6	are interesting.
1:04.6	Among five-year-olds, 98% showed high levels of creativity.
1:11.7	And yet, by age 15, that number had dropped to 12%.
1:16.3	From 98 to 12.
1:18.5	And later, when he applied this test to adults, only 2% scored as highly creative.
1:25.3	But this is the kicker.
1:27.2	George Land discovered that it wasn't creativity that was a learned behavior,
1:30.8	but it was actually not being creative that was learned.
1:35.5	Let that sink in for a second.
1:37.1	This reinforces what, if you've been tuned into this podcast or at some time,
1:40.9	I've been saying for a long time, and you, I believe that you inherently know it,
1:44.4	especially as someone who's here, probably because that this show is largely about creativity,
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