Really good tips from 10 different sources. Worth checking out!
Tag Archives: Creativity
“War and Peace” tortured me: Facebook, email and the neuroscience of always being distracted – Salon.com
Don’t let distractions stifle your creativity:
Dr. Douglas Gentile, a friendly professor at Iowa State University, recently commiserated with me about my pathetic attention span. “It’s me, too, of course,” he said. “When I try to write a paper, I can’t keep from checking my e-mail every five minutes. Even though I know it’s actually making me less productive.” This failing is especially worrying for Gentile because he happens to be one of the world’s leading authorities on the effects of media on the brains of the young. “I know, I know! I know all the research on multitasking. I can tell you absolutely that everyone who thinks they’re good at multitasking is wrong. We know that in fact it’s those who think they’re good at multitasking who are the least productive when they multitask.”
Five Things I Learned From Hanging Out with a Nine Year Old
When I read this, I couldn’t help but think of Walt Disney’s perpetual curiosity with how things work and his continuous desire to learn and improve.
Each day she approached the game with enthusiasm, eager to learn how to do this thing she didn’t know how to do before.
Adults have a tendency to believe that if they haven’t already learned something, they shouldn’t try. I’m a writer, so it would be an uphill battle to learn advanced calculus. However, with the same enthusiasm and willingness to be taught that a child exhibits (along with a healthy dose of practice), it’s possibly to learn anything.
via Five Things I Learned From Hanging Out with a Nine Year Old.
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