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In the beginning, there might be challenges and setbacks, but the key is to focus on the process instead of the result.
Anthony D. Fredericks, Ed.D., is Professor Emeritus of Education at York College of Pennsylvania. He is also the author of Two-Minute Habits: Small Habits, Dynamic Creativity: An Easy and Enjoyable Way to Ignite Your Imagination and Fire Up Your Creativity and says that people who embrace a growth mindset realize that their basic qualities can be improved and expanded—not just for a single project, but rather over the entire course of their lives.
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"One of the elements of the creative process is our ability to dislodge or remove absolutes from our mind," says Fredericks. "In other words, to mentally let go of the 'status quo' and free our mind to examine things with fresh new eyes."
"I'll admit, that's sometimes difficult. We get used to doing things in certain ways, thinking about things in certain ways, and processing information in certain ways. We get into a 'mental comfort zone'—it's reliable and it's predictable. We know what we should be getting and we're O.K. with that."
"[But] those who believe that creativity can be learned also embrace the concept that looking for ideas is considerably more important and more productive than believing you'll never get the idea in the first place. In essence, creativity is a continual process of growth and discovery as opposed to a stationary and immovable belief that 'I'm just not creative.'"
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