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I think that you need some knowledge of creativity. You need to know, have experiences, and go places (inside your mind or physically).

It might be a myth that people who are not in the habit of exploring things (internal and external) have good creativity.

Sure, if you take 100 persons and compare the top 10 to the other 90, you might find out that some of the group of 90 have better creativity than the first 10.

But, as a general rule, I think you need knowledge.

It’s not enough – just knowledge; there are other skills – you need to trust your instincts, you need the ability to allow your mind to wander, etc. Some people in the 90-group might fit this description.

All-in-all, I think you need knowledge. And, of course, other skills.

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„There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills

 

Rand Fishin: I don’t know what percent of CEOs consider this to be active parts of their job, but ever since my chat with Dan on the subject, I’ve had it hardwired that manufacturing serendipity, hand-in-hand with brand evangelism, should be at least 30% of my job. It’s something I’d recommend to others in my role, and to individuals of any profession who are seeking to advance their own careers and/or help the organizations they work for to achieve greater luck.

Manufacturing Serendipity – SparkToro

Going to events and taking part in networking gatherings is no easy task.

One problem is that you never know for sure, „I helped X, which in turn will benefit me … how, exactly?”

Still, at the end of the day, I consider it a nice thing to do.

Help others, do good.

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Some time ago, I used to give free invites to premium events to people.

Some unfortunate things that tended to happen repeatedly:

• When I asked people to make a review to post on my blog, I don’t remember receiving a single top-quality review. When I asked for photos to post, the photos were low-quality.
• Some people didn’t go to the event and didn’t announce at all, or announced at impossible times to do anything about participation.
• I don’t remember anyone writing to me about the event one week later, saying some things that had been applied from the event.

The event organizers might give free invites as a sign of goodwill.

But if people don’t care enough about a €200 event that they would pay €200, perhaps they shouldn’t go.

Right now, I’m very much against free-invite events.

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When I was young, I used to think in ultimate terms – either/or, it’s like this/it’s like that.

As time passed, I got to think more on more on paradoxical terms – it’s not black & white, it’s black and white, with lots of grey in between.

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People compare their wealth to Lionel Messi or Bill Gates, not their neighbors or fellow workers.

But this is an impossible standard.

Lionel Messi had some personal talent, a huge amount of work, and, likely, some luck and some circumstances.

Bill Gates had relevant studies, was born in a wealthy country, and had the luck to be the right person at the right time.

How many people at the Messi or Gates level did Romania ever have? Only a few, and in other areas, not in football/computer software.

Of course, if you compare yourself to an impossible standard, you’ll likely feel discouraged and do nothing. „I can’t ever be Messy, so I’ll do nothing!”

But Messi is the exception.

In my opinion, people should compare themselves with the people next to them: a colleague, a nearby person, some friend.

Surely, most of them will not be enormously wealthy, but they’ll likely set a standard you can attain.

You can’t be Messy? OK, but how about being the person who works at a stadium in Bucharest where Messi will only once come in their lifetime?

You can’t be Gates? OK, how about you sell some computer software, even if it’s not a revolutionary and prevalent operating system?

And another article.

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