“As scientists now understand it, creativity is far more complex than the right-left brain distinction would have us think (the theory being that left brain = rational and analytical, right brain = creative and emotional). In fact, creativity is thought to involve a number of cognitive processes, neural pathways and emotions, and we still don’t have the full picture of how the imaginative mind works,” states Carolyn Gregoire, Senior Writer at The Huffington Post.
“It’s actually hard for creative people to know themselves because the creative self is more complex than the non-creative self,” Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist at New York University who has spent years researching creativity, told The Huffington Post. “The things that stand out the most are the paradoxes of the creative self … Imaginative people have messier minds.”
While there’s no “typical” creative type, there are some tell-tale characteristics and habits of highly creative people. Here are a few things they do differently, see if you have any of these creative habits. To read the full article check out, 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently.
Creative Habits:
- They daydream – Daydreaming can lead to sudden connections and insights
- They observe everything
- They work the hours that work for them
- They take time for solitude
- They seek out new experiences
- They fail up – Resilience is practically a prerequisite for creative success, says Kaufman. Doing creative work is often described as a process of failing repeatedly until you find something that sticks, and creatives — at least the successful ones — learn not to take failure so personally. “Creatives fail and the really good ones fail often,” Forbes contributor Steven Kotler wrote in a piece on Einstein’s creative genius.
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