Queen Latifah In her bio “Ladies First : Revelations of a Strong Woman,” Queen Latifah writes that she wants people “to see me as someone who is proud and comfortable with who I am…. Be secure in yourself. “You don’t need me – or any other public person, for that matter – to validate you.” […]
Kathleen Noble
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 […]
Growing up exceptional: Emma Watson on being smart
Covering up, not acknowledging, or discounting our talents and abilities is something many high ability people do – perhaps especially girls and women. Sally M. Reis, Ph.D. found that “gifted girls do not want to be considered different from their friends and same-age peers. Indeed, a tendency exists for many females, regardless of age, to […]