It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability
to triumph begins with you. Always. Oprah Winfrey
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Brain process, analyzes, combines, and evaluates sensory
information. Brain creates thoughts and connects them into streams.
Brains network is active. Signals from various areas of neurons get
combined to create neuronal organization.
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There are ten billion neurons in our brain that form
connections with other neurons through the synapses An activated
neuron releases chemical neurotransmitters
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The chemicals enter the synapses to reach receptors, which
triggers other neurons. This creates a domino effect to produce
communication between the brain and the rest of the body.
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Our brain connects the dots of our world into meaningful
patterns. We perceive the world based on the pattern
interpretation. A neural network of the brain is looking for
patterns and providing feedback.
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Brain operates based on familiar patterns, but it can rewire
itself. Brain can get adapted to thousand environments and produce
new sophisticated behavior because of plasticity. Brain is capable
to change its expectations to accommodate the type of inputs.
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Creativity is a meaningful modification based on new patterns
of meaning. When we're creative, we feel we are living more
fully.
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In the last twenty years, creativity has become an essential
skill for problem-solving in life 10
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Creativity enhances the quality of solutions to life problems.
Creativity predicts life achievements better than intelligence.
Creative people can adapt to different situation and reach their
goals. 11 Creativity
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Every individual has a creative potential. Everyone is
different and unique. Everyone brings a unique set of behavioral
patterns. Creativity is a novel behavior based on various
interactions between existing patterns.
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Appropriate training and a supportive environment can improve
creative potential 14
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Think new thoughts. Be open to experience. Take risks. Imagine.
Display interest. Create clear goals. Ignore distractions. Be
responsible.
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Provide reasons. Manage time. Set goals. Brainstorm solutions.
Increasing self-confidence. Evaluate results.
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Enjoyable Meaningful Cheerful Enthusiastic No Distraction
Creative Energy Curiosity
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Making unusual connections. Putting the pieces of the puzzle
together. Forming opinion. Putting ideas to work in practice.
Classifying Information. Comparing and Contrasting. Evaluating.
Adapting new attention patterns.
Besides personality and genius, social environment is important
because it can either nurture or crush the individual.
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Women are forbidden from driving, right to divorce, access to
education, right to travel, custody rights, and citizenship. Women
are not defined by their actions in society Women do as their
husbands decide Passive victims of violence and abuse Marriage is
the only way to social functioning and economic support
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To get what you've never had, you must do what you've never
done.
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through creative thinking
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Be Grateful Step 1: See a half-full glass Step 2: If your glass
is still half-empty just be thankful that you have a glass and
there's something in it.
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Creativity reduces causes of stress that trigger aggressive
behaviors and nerve breaks. Channeling anger into passion and
powerful acts of creativity promote confidence and success.
Violence and aggression can be predicted and re-channeled into
positive activities.
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Be mindful of incoming thoughts. Find your purpose. Stay loyal
to your decisions and flexible to your approaches. Use symbolically
borrowed identities. Capture innovative ideas. Analyze images and
dreams. Mix unlikely ideas.
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Surround yourself with positive individuals. No self-criticism
and negative self-talk. Meet your basic needs. Allow yourself to
grow emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually. Relax and have
fun
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Do not think that the entire world is against of you. Use
positive affirmation, balance your inner self, eliminate
negativity, and create a pleasant environment.
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Take control of your thoughts Find guidance Live in the present
Be grateful Focus on pleasant events and individuals Accept change
Remember: each day is a new day
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What Is Stopping Me From Getting What I Want? What my Current
Situation Does For me What is my first step? What is the bigger
picture? What are the consequences?
Set clear goals. Dont ask: Who will let me? Ask: Who can stop
me? Develop new habits. Recognize that you are in control. Get
biases- free. Favor reasons over emotions.
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Stop holding yourself back Meet your alternative self Manage
your energy, not your time Start to visualize happiness Feel
good
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Admit them. Be specific. Set goals. Seek guidance. Assess the
situation. Forget the past. One step at the time. Celebrate small
victories.
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Interest Curiosity Imagination Openness to experience Fluid
attention Willingness to take risks Encouraging environment 40
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Enjoy immediate experiences Create meaning Play with ideas
Create symbols Establish order 41
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Promote imagination. Daydream. Relax. Pay attention to the
environment. Become immersed in activity. 42
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Research: October 2011: two-way 3 x 5 repeated- measures ANOVA
to compare the interaction effects for the different trainings
related to the aspects of creativity (fluency, originality,
elaboration, resistance to premature closure, and abstractness of
titles) measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking.
Outcomes: creativity could be promoted Through training.
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Project: 2006-2007: Club of interesting people For Brooklyn
Community Access Television Network (BCAT). Interviewing creative
individuals from around the world. Outcomes: all terviewees shared
attraction to novelty, independence, and persistence. devotion,
flexibility, hunger to observe, attentiveness, humor, and
willingness to take chances.