Scott Barry Kaufman Quotes

• Genius involves figuring out who you are, and owning yourself. It’s about amplifying your best traits and compensating for the rest. Geniuses grab life by the horns, and persevere amidst setbacks. They take control of their lives, instead of waiting for others to open up doors. In this very important sense, greatness is completely, utterly, made.

  Scott Barry Kaufman

  Greatness, Doors, Waiting

  "Geniuses Are Made, Not Born" by Scott Barry Kaufman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2012.

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• Talent emerges over the course of a lifetime of reciprocal interactions between the developing brain and a stimulating environment.

  Scott Barry Kaufman

  Growth, Brain, Talent

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• Inspiration is not purely passive, but does favor the prepared mind.

  Scott Barry Kaufman

  Inspiration, Mind, Doe

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• It's actually hard for creative people to know themselves because the creative self is more complex than the non-creative self. The things that stand out the most are the paradoxes of the creative self ... Imaginative people have messier minds.

  Scott Barry Kaufman

  Self, People, Creative

  "18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently" by Carolyn Gregoire, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2014.

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• I am not talking about rebelliousness, but giving people time for constructive internal reflection and even daydreaming. A lot of research is suggesting that the more that you demand people's external attention, the less chance you are allowing them to dip into the default mode where daydreams and reflection happen - and lot of great ideas are not going to come from the brute force of work but from personal life experience. Mind-wandering seems to be essential to the creative process, and I don't think a lot of businesses are aware of that fact.

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  Reflection, Thinking, Talking

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