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productive creativity:
how to boost your creativity, your business and your life
Presentation Notes
These notes are provided as a follow-up companion to the "Productive Creativity" presentation. They are not designed to provide comprehensive stand-alone information.
INTRO
- LADY IN RED
Ø MEN FIND WOMEN IN RED MORE ATTRACTIVE OVERALL, MORE SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE AND WOULD SPEND MORE MONEY ON THEM.
Ø WOMEN…NOT SO MUCH.
Ø RED DOESN’T AFFECT PERCEPTION OF LIKEABILITY, KINDNESS OR INTELLIGENCE.
- WARM HANDS, WARM HEART
Ø PEOPLE WITH WARM HANDS ARE MORE LIKELY TO RATE SOMEONE ELSE AS SOCIABLE AND GENEROUS.
Ø COLD HANDS, SELFISH AND ANTISOCIAL.
BIOLOGY
- TRAITS OF THE CREATIVE
Ø CONVERGENT V. DIVERGENT THINKING
Ø LOWER LATENT INHIBITION
Ø HIGHER IQ
Ø POSSIBLY MENTAL ILLNESS
NOT BIOLOGY . . . TIPS
f NIGHTTIME IS THE RIGHT TIME
Ø 10:04 PM IS THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR A EUREKA MOMENT.
Ø 4:33 PM IS THE LEAST CREATIVE TIME.
f INCUBATION EFFECT
Ø DELIBERATE USE OF BREAKS - have to be at your discretion not just interruptions.
Ø Completely different task – a break in which one is working on a completely different task is more beneficial than working on a SIMILAR task or continuing the existing one.
Ø CAT NAPS
Ø SHOWERS
Ø WASH HANDS IN WARM WATER: (SEE ABOVE STUDY.) WARM HANDS CAN MAKE YOU MORE RECEPTIVE TO PEOPLE AND, POSSIBLY, IDEAS. PLUS, IT KILLS GERMS!
f GET HAPPY
Ø A GOOD SMILE CAN IMPROVE YOUR MOOD. HAPPINESS-PRODUCING SMILES: CORNERS OF YOUR MOUTH GO UP AND YOUR EYBROWS AND THE SKIN BETWEEN YOUR UPPER EYELID AND BROW COME DOWN SLIGHTLY.
f peppermint - NOT JUST FOR CANDY CANES
Ø THE SMELL OF PEPPERMINT INCREASES CONCENTRATION BY STIMULATING THE BRAIN. RESEARCH HAS PROVEN IT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN CAFFEINE!
f LASTING LOVE
Ø FROM LASTING LOVE: THE SECRETS OF GROWING A VITAL, CONSCIOUS RELATIONSHIP BY KATHRYN AND GAY HENDRICKS.
1. BECOME A MASTER OF COMMITMENT
o SPOT, ACKNOWLEDGE AND CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF UNCONSCIOUS COMMITMENTS THAT MAKE YOU SABBOTAGE THE RELATIONSHIP.
i. EXAMPLE: “FROM THE EVIDENCE, I APPEAR TO BE COMMITTED TO PHILANDERING AND APPEAR TO BE COMMITTED TO GETTING CAUGHT. I’M COMMITTED TO FINDING OUT IF PEOPLE WILL STILL LOVE ME IF I’M BAD.”
o MAKE COMMITMENTS YOU CAN KEEP…ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN CONTROL.
i. NOT: I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER.
ii. BUT: I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I’M FEELING LOVING AND WHEN I’M NOT.
2. BECOME EMOTIONALLY TRANSPARENT
o ELIMINATE ALL BARRIERS TO SPEAKING AND HEARING THE TRUTH ABOUT EVERYTHING.
o AUTHORS REPORT THAT IT PRODUCES HUGE BURSTS OF CREATIVE ENERGY IN EVERYONE WHO TRIES IT.
3. BREAK THE CYCLE OF BLAME AND CRITICISM
o THEY TEACH EACH PARTNER TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE RELATIONSHIP, ESPECIALLY IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S THE OTHER PERSON’S FAULT.
o EG:
i. NOT: “WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO ME?”
ii. BUT: “WHAT AM I DOING TO CAUSE OR INVITE THAT BEHAVIOR?”
4. BECOME A MASTER OF VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL APPRECIATION
o APPRECIATE EACH OTHER SPONTANEOUSLY AND FREQUENTLY.
o SAY BOTH SIMPLE AND COMPLEX APPRECIATIONS:
o EG:
i. SIMPLE: I LIKE THE WAY YOU DID YOUR HAIR TODAY.
ii. COMPLEX: THROUGHOUT OUR TIME TOGETHER, I HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY AMAZED BY HOW GENEROUS YOU ARE.
o EXERCISE: SPEAK A HEARTFELT 10-SECOND APPRECIATION TO THE OTHER PERSON FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN TO SIGNIFY A COMMITMENT TO APPRECIATION AND TO OPEN THE FLOW OF APPRECIATION. NOT TO GET A PARTICULAR RESULT OR REWARD FROM THE OTHER PERSON.
5. FOCUS ON YOUR CREATIVITY
o TAKE YOUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM FIXING THE OTHER PERSON.
o FOCUS ON EXPRESSING YOUR OWN CREATIVITY.
o EVEN 1 HR/WK WILL PRODUCE RESULTS.
f FUN EXERCISES
Ø MUSIC DISSECTION: LISTEN TO JUST ONE INSTRUMENT IN A SONG.
Ø SMELLAVISION: WALK DOWN THE STREET AND FOCUS ON THE SMELLS.
Ø MORNING PAGES: WRITE A TRAIN-OF-THOUGHT JOURNAL ENTRY EVERY AM BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE. [FROM THE ARTISTS WAY BY JULIA CAMERON]
f BOOKS rEFERENCED
Ø tHE ARTISTS WAY BY JULIA CAMERON
Ø LASTING LOVE: THE SECRETS OF GROWING A VITAL CONSCIOUS RELATIONSHIP BY KATHLYN AND GAY HENDRICKS
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