How to Develop Your Creative Identity at Work: Integrating Personal Creativity Within Your Professional Role

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O. Velcu-LaitinenHow to Develop Your Creative Identity at Workhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8680-7_11

11. Why Habits of Inner Observation Strengthen the Identity As a Creator

Oana Velcu-Laitinen¹  

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Helsinki, Finland

 

I got to a point when I felt there was something missing. But I didn’t know what it would have been.

—Tulia Lopes, Founder of Speak Up and Lead Academy

In the first part of this book, we discussed how schooling and work experiences influence your beliefs about your creativity and what role it has in your life. Creative mortification and frustration can deter you from actively developing a professional path as a creator. In the second ...