There is a very famous film of Picasso painting live. About halfway through creating an effortless masterpiece he says “ Ca va tres mal” (it’s going very badly). Even someone like Picasso struggled to get a painting to go where he wanted it to go. It’s his self-belief, confidence and self-trust that allows him to work through the “bad” stage and experience that tells him that he can make it right. I’m certainly not in that league, but that helped me to understand that I should push through (although sometime you can try too hard and take a sketch too far) and trust my instinct.
Does behavior affect how we feel or does how we feel affect behavior. If you fake it till you make it, and you make it, then you’re not faking it anymore.
Is it joy that makes us grateful or is it gratitude that makes us joyful? Mathew McConnaughey tells us that gratitude and happiness are more than just a state of mind.
The SCAMPER technique. Whenever you want to create a new idea, product, service process, breakthrough, or whatever you need, Thinkpak will help you take your subject and change it into something else.
How Emotions guide Decision-Making. There is a clear connection between emotion and decision-making. Creative thinking is just another way of making decisions.