“It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an absence of rush, time for the mind and imagination to float and wander and roam, time for the individual to descend into the depths of his or her psyche, to be available to barely audible signals rustling for attention. Long periods of time may pass in which nothing seems to be happening. But we know that kind of space must be created if the mind is to leap out of its accustomed ruts, to part from the mechanical, the known, the familiar, the standard, and generate a leap into the new.” IfsKnowsMindKindMayLongSeemsIndividualImaginationSpaceAttentionKnownCreativityPeriodsStandardsHappeningsDepthAvailableAbsenceFamiliarWanderLeapLeisureSignalsAccustomedFloatsLong Periods Of TimeRuts Book:The Psychology of Romantic Love: Romantic Love in an Anti-Romantic Age Source: The Psychology of Romantic Love: Romantic Love in an Anti-Romantic Age
“Frank W. Woolworth once told me that the turning-point in his career did not come until he was thrown flat on his back by illness. He was sure that his business would go to pieces during his long, enforced absence. Instead, he discovered that he had in his employ men who could overcome difficulties when given power to exercise initiative. After that Woolworth left many problems and difficulties to be solved by subordinates and turned his attention to big things.” MenLongProblemBigsLeftGivenAttentionCareersPiecesExerciseOvercomingDifficultyIllnessAbsenceThrownFlatsFrankInitiativeBig ThingsSubordinatesTurning Points Author:B. C. Forbes
“Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul.” SoulSpeakSoundAttentionSilenceAbsenceSilence IsShifting Author:Thomas Moore