Chapter 9
Sharpen your edge
How to borrow the secrets of creative superstars to have more ideas
‘Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.’
John Steinbeck, novelist1
Superpower: Creativity
Dance Step: SPARK
Igniting questions:
- How can I build my creative potential?
- How can I have more ideas, more often?
- How can I combine little ideas to make big ones?
4Cs value: More ideas, more often
An eleven-year-old boy pondered his predicament. He sat in a busy horse yard in the small French village of Coupvray. The lad desperately wanted to read, but he’d been blind since an accident in his father’s workshop when he was a toddler. At that moment, his friend placed a pinecone in his hand. ...
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