Berly McCoy

Tyler Jones checked the facts. Jimmy Keeley and Tiffany Vera Castro were the audio engineers.

Tyler Jones checked the facts. Jimmy Keeley and Tiffany Vera Castro were the audio engineers.

Tyler Jones checked the facts. Jimmy Keeley and Tiffany Vera Castro were the audio engineers.

Hi Short Wavers, Burleigh McCoy filling the host chair today, and I'd like you to meet psychologist Zorana Ivcevic-Pringle. When Zorana was an undergraduate, she was searching for a thesis topic. To spark ideas, she was reading everything she could get her hands on, and she stumbled across work from the 1960s, during the space age, about creativity.

Hi Short Wavers, Burleigh McCoy filling the host chair today, and I'd like you to meet psychologist Zorana Ivcevic-Pringle. When Zorana was an undergraduate, she was searching for a thesis topic. To spark ideas, she was reading everything she could get her hands on, and she stumbled across work from the 1960s, during the space age, about creativity.

Hi Short Wavers, Burleigh McCoy filling the host chair today, and I'd like you to meet psychologist Zorana Ivcevic-Pringle. When Zorana was an undergraduate, she was searching for a thesis topic. To spark ideas, she was reading everything she could get her hands on, and she stumbled across work from the 1960s, during the space age, about creativity.

She read that creative people often have personality traits that don't seem to go together.

She read that creative people often have personality traits that don't seem to go together.

She read that creative people often have personality traits that don't seem to go together.

In the two decades Zorana's been studying creativity, she's realized that even though creative people are unique, it's not because they're born with it. But that idea that some people are creative and some people aren't, what scientists call a fixed mindset, can stop creativity in its tracks.

In the two decades Zorana's been studying creativity, she's realized that even though creative people are unique, it's not because they're born with it. But that idea that some people are creative and some people aren't, what scientists call a fixed mindset, can stop creativity in its tracks.

In the two decades Zorana's been studying creativity, she's realized that even though creative people are unique, it's not because they're born with it. But that idea that some people are creative and some people aren't, what scientists call a fixed mindset, can stop creativity in its tracks.

But this idea is pervasive. We can sometimes think it's only the Einsteins or Beyonces of the world who are creative.

But this idea is pervasive. We can sometimes think it's only the Einsteins or Beyonces of the world who are creative.

But this idea is pervasive. We can sometimes think it's only the Einsteins or Beyonces of the world who are creative.

One example of mini-C might be your unique way of learning times tables.

One example of mini-C might be your unique way of learning times tables.

One example of mini-C might be your unique way of learning times tables.

Like designing new software, writing a novel, or making a science podcast. So even if you aren't big C-level like Beyonce, you and anyone can always start by opting in to being creative. Which Zorana learned the hard way, after years of limiting herself.

Like designing new software, writing a novel, or making a science podcast. So even if you aren't big C-level like Beyonce, you and anyone can always start by opting in to being creative. Which Zorana learned the hard way, after years of limiting herself.