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psychologist and prominent creativity researcher Dean Keith Simonton observed, “rather than obsessively focus[ing] on a narrow topic,” creative achievers tend to have broad interests. “This breadth often supports insights that cannot be attributed to domain-specific expertise alone.”

We also believe that super-talented individuals, near the top of the achievement distribution, are in some fundamental ways like inventors. These individuals arrive at the top of their craft because they have pioneered new ways of doing things, whether it is Picasso and Braque creating cubism, Henry Ford realizing he should pay his workers $5 a day

From Robyn Dawes’s Rational Choice in an Uncertain World.1 Bolding added. Norman R. F. Maier noted that when a group faces a problem, the natural tendency of its members is to propose possible solutions as they begin to discuss the problem. Consequently, the group interaction focuses on the merits and problems of the proposed solutions, people beco

Be ready to work with others. Hang out with creative people and see how many more ideas you start to have yourself. Make your learning active whenever you

In other settings, teams are formed of people with complementary areas of expertise.

Comme l’écrivit Gruber, les activités d’un créateur « peuvent paraître de l’extérieur comme un ménage déroutant » mais il, ou elle, est capable de « relier » chaque activité à une des entreprises en cours. « Sur certains plans, a conclu Gruber, les plus grandes œuvres de Charles Darwin sont des compilations interprétatives de faits au préalable réu

To understand how historical ingredients apply to today’s communities and micro-scenia, I sought out potential emergent scenia from the present day.  

I found them in theInterIntellectandWrite of Passage. Both Anna Gát’s InterIntellect and David Perell’s Write of Passage are transitioning from communities to micro-scenia, and each has the

When you gather with other people who share similar professional ambitions, the collective taste of the group can be superior to that of any individual. This follows, in part, from the diversity of approaches that people take toward creation in a given field. When you combine the opinions of multiple practitioners of your craft, more possibilities

Working with others can also deepen your learning—in part by having your friends point out where your thinking has gone wrong. Just ensure that if you meet to study together, you do just that. If you can’t, it’s better to study on your own and meet your friends for social activities later.