When We Venture Beyond The Edge Of

People Assume That They Perceive Reality As It Is, That Our Senses Accurately Record The Outside World. Yet The Science Suggests That, In Important Ways, People Experience Reality Not As It Is, But As They Expect It To Be.

The Imagination Is Unleashed By Constraints. You Break Out Of The Box By Stepping Into Shackles.

In Fact, The Only Way To Remain Creative Over Time--to Not Be Undone By Our Expertise--is To Experiment With Ignorance, To Stare At Things We Don't Fully Understand.

Even When Alternative Views Are Clearly Wrong, Being Exposed To Them Still Expands Our Creative Potential. In A Way, The Power Of Dissent Is The Power Of Surprise. After Hearing Someone Shout Out An Errant Answer, We Work To Understand It, Which Causes Us To Reassess Our Initial Assumptions And Try Out New Perspectives. “authentic Dissent Can Be Difficult, But It’s Always Invigorating,” Nemeth Says. “it Wakes Us Right Up.”

It Doesn't Matter If People Are Playing Jazz Or Writing Poetry. If They Want To Be Successful, They Need To Learn How To Persist And Persevere And Keep On Working Until The Work Is Done... I Bet There Isn't A Single Highly Successful Person Who Has Not Depended On Grit. Nobody Is Talented Enough To Not Have To Work Hard, And That's What Grit Allows You To Do.