“The hallmark of creative people is their mental flexibility... Sometimes they are open and probing, at others they're playful and off-the-wall. At still other times, they're critical and faultfinding. And finally they're doggedly persistent in striving to reach their goals.” PeopleStillsSometimesGoalCreativeWallStriveCriticalFlexibilityPersistentCreative PeopleAnd OffHallmarkOff The WallProbing Book:A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, & Warrior to Be More Creative Source: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, & Warrior to Be More Creative
“I believe that our society's "mistake-phobia" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what we are taught rather than to form our own goals and to figure out how to achieve them. We are fed with facts and tested and those who make the fewest mistakes are considered to be the smart ones, so we learn that it is embarrassing to not know and to make mistakes. Our education system spends virtually no time on how to learn from mistakes, yet this is critical to real learning.” KnowsLifeBelieveRealFactsProblemSchoolFormI BelieveGoalGrowthMistakeAchieveFiguresTaughtSmartPersonal GrowthInvestingCriticalMaking MistakesOur SocietyFedsEmbarrassingTestedLearning From MistakesEducation SystemElementary SchoolPhobia Author:Ray Dalio
“I think setting goals is critical; having deadlines for ourselves- how much by when? Too many people have these big dreams where they want to have a big house on the ocean. But until we say what ocean, how big, what day, our conscience doesn't know what to do with that information. A positive expectancy, a positive attitude, a belief that your dream is possible is also helpful.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantDreamBigsHouseBeliefGoalAttitudeInformationOceanConscienceCriticalSettingSettingsYour DreamsPositive AttitudeHelpfulSetting GoalsDeadlineExpectancyBig Houses Author:Jack Canfield
“Shelters, conservationists, those concerned about unnecessary cruelty toward the animals we eat, and people working against species extinction fight to preserve the true riches of our planet, our real inheritance. These are big, critical goals.” PeopleRealBigsFightingGoalAnimalPlanetsConcernedSpeciesCriticalRichesCrueltyPreservesShelterUnnecessaryExtinctionInheritanceOur PlanetTrue RichesSpecies Extinction Author:April Gornik