Daniel Pink

And he gives himself permission to venture out. and try things um there is another a wonderful study where a a presenter and i think it was part of a ted talk uh invited an audience to each take a sheet of paper and a pencil turn to the person next to you and in the next 30 seconds draw a portrait of that individual The people were working and very hard, diligent.

30 seconds, he said, how many of you, when you were sharing that portrait with your partner, said, oh, I'm not a very good artist, or I can't paint very well, or I'm sorry for all of this. And every hand in the audience went up. He did that with a group of kindergarten kids and asked that question and no hands went up. What's interesting is kids have this very imaginative view of the world.

30 seconds, he said, how many of you, when you were sharing that portrait with your partner, said, oh, I'm not a very good artist, or I can't paint very well, or I'm sorry for all of this. And every hand in the audience went up. He did that with a group of kindergarten kids and asked that question and no hands went up. What's interesting is kids have this very imaginative view of the world.

30 seconds, he said, how many of you, when you were sharing that portrait with your partner, said, oh, I'm not a very good artist, or I can't paint very well, or I'm sorry for all of this. And every hand in the audience went up. He did that with a group of kindergarten kids and asked that question and no hands went up. What's interesting is kids have this very imaginative view of the world.

And as we grow older, and we get into paying income taxes and mortgages and job responsibilities, et cetera, et cetera, we narrow our focus. And then we become more critical of our own creativity and a little bit more critical of the creativity of others.

And as we grow older, and we get into paying income taxes and mortgages and job responsibilities, et cetera, et cetera, we narrow our focus. And then we become more critical of our own creativity and a little bit more critical of the creativity of others.

And as we grow older, and we get into paying income taxes and mortgages and job responsibilities, et cetera, et cetera, we narrow our focus. And then we become more critical of our own creativity and a little bit more critical of the creativity of others.

Art is simply a creative expression. Art is simply a way of allowing the pictures in our mind to be expressed, say, for example, on a sheet of paper. And that's okay. Your art may be different from my art, from Picasso's art, but it's art nonetheless. Is it going to be great art? I don't know. I'm not in a position to evaluate it.

Art is simply a creative expression. Art is simply a way of allowing the pictures in our mind to be expressed, say, for example, on a sheet of paper. And that's okay. Your art may be different from my art, from Picasso's art, but it's art nonetheless. Is it going to be great art? I don't know. I'm not in a position to evaluate it.

Art is simply a creative expression. Art is simply a way of allowing the pictures in our mind to be expressed, say, for example, on a sheet of paper. And that's okay. Your art may be different from my art, from Picasso's art, but it's art nonetheless. Is it going to be great art? I don't know. I'm not in a position to evaluate it.

But what I can say is let's give everyone an opportunity or let's give ourselves an opportunity to be creatively expressive. And that may be through art, that may be through music, that may be through sports, that may be through writing, whatever. We need those opportunities. And we can give ourselves those opportunities as adults in our daily lives, as I mentioned before,

But what I can say is let's give everyone an opportunity or let's give ourselves an opportunity to be creatively expressive. And that may be through art, that may be through music, that may be through sports, that may be through writing, whatever. We need those opportunities. And we can give ourselves those opportunities as adults in our daily lives, as I mentioned before,

But what I can say is let's give everyone an opportunity or let's give ourselves an opportunity to be creatively expressive. And that may be through art, that may be through music, that may be through sports, that may be through writing, whatever. We need those opportunities. And we can give ourselves those opportunities as adults in our daily lives, as I mentioned before,

by doing one little creative thing every day. New recipe, new way home, new kind of food, a new coat and a color that you've never worn before. A little bit of expression each day turns us into creative individuals.

by doing one little creative thing every day. New recipe, new way home, new kind of food, a new coat and a color that you've never worn before. A little bit of expression each day turns us into creative individuals.

by doing one little creative thing every day. New recipe, new way home, new kind of food, a new coat and a color that you've never worn before. A little bit of expression each day turns us into creative individuals.

Well, if all we do is eat steak and potatoes, we have no idea of what else is out there. If we aren't willing to do a little bit of imagining, then we sort of do ourselves a disservice. Let me take a side road off of that. Oftentimes when I was a classroom teacher, parents would ask, what are some things I can do to help my child become more creative?

Well, if all we do is eat steak and potatoes, we have no idea of what else is out there. If we aren't willing to do a little bit of imagining, then we sort of do ourselves a disservice. Let me take a side road off of that. Oftentimes when I was a classroom teacher, parents would ask, what are some things I can do to help my child become more creative?

Well, if all we do is eat steak and potatoes, we have no idea of what else is out there. If we aren't willing to do a little bit of imagining, then we sort of do ourselves a disservice. Let me take a side road off of that. Oftentimes when I was a classroom teacher, parents would ask, what are some things I can do to help my child become more creative?

And I said, one of the things that you don't want to do is you don't want to go to a toy store and buy a product that says educational on the package, because that's just a marketing technique to sell more toys. I told them the three best creative things that parents can give their kids is an old sheet.