Many actors, writers and other creative people are considered shy or introverted, or identify themselves as one or both. These are not the same thing, of course, although many people may talk about others, or themselves, as “shy” when they …
Personality
Misfits May Be Innovators
“It’s better to be a pirate than to join the navy.” Steve Jobs
According to some writers and research, some of the “big names” of creativity and innovation share personal qualities with various sorts of “misfits.”
In her F…
Relentlessly Being More Creative
Part of the widely-circulated comments by Pearl Buck (winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938) includes this: “The truly creative mind [feels] the overpowering necessity to create, create, create — so that without the creating of music o…
The Complex Personality of Creative People
“If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity.” Writer Juliet Bruce, PhD adds that creativity researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced me-high chick-sent-me-high-ee) notes: “Instead of being an individual, they are a multitude. “Like the color white that includes all colors, they tend to bring together the entire […]
Having Multiple Passions and Interests Is Not a Disorder
Do you have a wide range of passionate interests, even “too many”? Maybe you have never “settled down” into a well-defined career. Maybe you think you have ADHD – and maybe you do, but you may really be what Barbara Sher …