"How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies 'originals': thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals -- including embracing failure. "The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're the ones who try the most," Grant says. 'You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones.' "

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  • Kristin Pedemonti

    I like the idea of procrastination as a virtue of creativity, the idea that with more pondering there can be an "improver" original. I love that I can feel fear and doubt and it's been reframed! Vuyja day! Yessss!

  • Sara

    Say something-comment. Usually I don't comment - but here it is!

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