Afraid to look foolish?
p.46
"Another tendency that mitigates against creativity is a yen to 'conform.'.....The fear of 'looking foolish' goes with wanting not to seem different."
"Which is worse - to look foolish to others, or to look foolish to yourself? Some may think that some of your ideas are half-baked, but what could be sillier than for you to let that stop you from trying to make the most of your mind?"
"And I have tried to point to them that truly intelligent people admire creative effort, realizing as they do that almost all the good in the world came from ideas that many 'condemned' as foolish.
"Another tendency that mitigates against creativity is a yen to 'conform.'.....The fear of 'looking foolish' goes with wanting not to seem different."
"Which is worse - to look foolish to others, or to look foolish to yourself? Some may think that some of your ideas are half-baked, but what could be sillier than for you to let that stop you from trying to make the most of your mind?"
"And I have tried to point to them that truly intelligent people admire creative effort, realizing as they do that almost all the good in the world came from ideas that many 'condemned' as foolish.
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