1) The document discusses nurturing creativity through tiny habits and creative collaboration. It suggests focusing on personal strengths and interests to spark creativity within yourself and others.
2) Connecting with others and cultivating "magic circles" of trusted colleagues is important for creativity. Starting creative projects and habits can spread positive change beyond yourself.
3) Nurturing creativity in yourself and others helps lead to personal fulfillment and better outcomes for teams and companies. The document advocates sparking a creativity revolution through empowering people.
53. Are you a terrorist to yourself?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koomatuomio/4182554398/
54. “Obsessing about preventing bad things
from happening also prevents good things
from happening, or sometimes prevents
anything from happening at all.”
Scott Berkun, The Year Without Pants
55. You are the gateway
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/4396790244/
56. It’s all about you being “self-ful”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siutou_amy/2306794554/
59. Love what you do. Do what you love.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmscottimd/616642026/
60. “The only way to be truly satisfied is to
do what you believe is great work. The
only way to do great work is to love
what you do.”
Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement speech
61. By nurturing your own spark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aguslepe/5512044294/
62. You’ll begin to open up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/9255191990/
66. “One of the best ways to make yourself
happy is to make other people happy. One of
the best ways to make other people happy
is to be happy yourself.”
Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project
77. Think of several topics you are a bad-ass in.
Write up 1-2 talk descriptions based on your
interests and expertise.
Share them with your partner in one month.
Homework: Write a talk description
78. Think of 1-2 tiny habits you will do to nurture
the sparks ignited at this conference.
Homework: Tiny Habits to Nurture the Spark
85. Each happy friend
increased an individual's
probability of being happy
by 9%.
Even perfect strangers three degrees of
separation away—friends of friends of friends—
exerted a significant uplifting influence
Unhappy people at the center of the network are more likely
than those at the periphery to become happy in the future.
Happiness is contagious
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-10/ff_christakis?currentPage=all
86. Your change will spread beyond you
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles19/1330505/projects/5455539/30cbf8c45952cdcf360ef545b1dcaba9.jpg
90. “Creativity is social….Instead (of
brainstorming) you need ‘magic circles,’
small teams of people who trust each other,
are familiar with each other, and play
together.”
Bruce Nussbaum, Creativity Intelligence
118. “Betterness can't happen if you're spending
your life churning out toxic junk. It can only
happen when more meaningful work is
done.”
Umair Haque, Betterness: Economics for Humans
119. Bigger than just yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/
120. It’s about You + Others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4957946157/
121. Eudaimonia = Human flourishing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bohman/174718774/
122. “Happiness is not just a mood – it’s a work
ethic…..Happiness is actually the precursor
to success.”
Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive
Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
123. Here at the High Five Conference, with you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moqub/2745092532/
137. THE CREATIVE DOSE
A Creativity + Innovation Collective
Work Better. Create More. Create Betterness.
Creative Thinking & Problem-solving
Applying an Innovation Mindset
Creative Collaboration
Team Communication & Cohesion
TheCreativeDose.com
@thecreativedose
138. Banish Your
Inner Critic
Get on the list!
DeniseJacobs.com/InnerCritic
Identify and Eliminate Mental Blocks to
Unleash Creativity
My upcoming book!
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