How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life pdfdrive com

Places a High Value on Trust among Team Members and Individuality:
Creativity always risks failure. That’s why trust is so important to creative
people. In the creative process, trust comes from people working together,
from knowing that people on the team have experience launching
successful, creative ideas, and from the assurance that creative ideas won’t
go to waste, because they will be implemented.
Embraces Those Who Are Creative:
Creative people celebrate the
offbeat. How should creative people be treated? I take the advice of Tom
Peters: “Weed out the dullards—nurture the nuts!” I do that by spending
time with them, which I enjoy anyway. I especially like to pull people into
brainstorming sessions. People look forward to an invitation to such
meetings because the time will be filled with energy, ideas, and laughter.
And the odds are high that a new project, seminar, or business strategy will
result. When that happens, they also know a party’s coming!
Focuses on Innovation, Not Just Invention:
Sam Weston, creator of the
popular action figure GI Joe, said, “Truly groundbreaking ideas are rare, but
you don’t necessarily need one to make a career out of creativity. My
definition of creativity is the logical combination of two or more existing
elements that result in a new concept. The best way to make a living with
your imagination is to develop innovative applications, not imagine
completely new concepts.” Creative people say, “Give me a good idea and

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I’ll give you a better idea!”
Is Willing to Let People Go Outside the Lines:
Most people
automatically stay within lines, even if those lines have been arbitrarily
drawn or are terribly out of date. Remember, most limitations we face are
not imposed on us by others; we place them on ourselves. Lack of creativity
often falls into that category. If you want to be more creative, challenge
boundaries. Inventor Charles Ket-tering said, “All human development, no
matter what form it takes, must be outside the rules; otherwise, we would
never have anything new.” A creative environment takes that into account.