Chapter 6. BEING CREATIVE

"When people find their medium, they discover their real creative strengths and come into their own. Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to offer."

I said in Chapter 1 that there are many misconceptions about creativity: that it's wrongly thought to be solely the domain of special people or special activities; that you're either creative or not; or that it's all about cutting loose and being uninhibited. What's wrong with these perceptions? What is creativity? How does it relate to intelligence? How does it work in practice? Let me begin with Las Vegas.

VIVA LAS VEGAS

My wife Terry and I have lived and worked together for over 35 years. She is ...

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