* Pushed to Excel; * Creative and Multitalented; * Programs for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People; * Why Smart People Hurt book - & much more

1. DEVELOPING
CREATIVITY
Newsletter
10.18.14 edition
• Pushed to Excel
• Creative & Multitalented
• Programs for Introverts & Highly Sensitive People
• Why Smart People Hurt book
> and more

2. “I push people beyond what’s
expected of them. I believe that is
an absolute necessity.”
[From the movie 'Whiplash']

3. "You’re not a dabbler or a dilettante.
You simply need to do more than one
thing in your life."
Barbara Sher

4. Pushed to Excel
“I push people beyond what’s expected of them. I believe
that is an absolute necessity.”
- the acclaimed music teacher in the movie "Whiplash,"
explaining his teaching approach, which is often like a drill
sergeant. Does this abusive style help students excel?

5. “Would I have to settle on a ‘practical job’ and pursue my
various passions on the side or choose among my interests and
just commit to one thing?
“Both options made my heart ache… I knew I could be doing
more – that I had more to offer the world.” -
Emilie Wapnick, author of the Renaissance Business
program - "use your multipotentiality as fuel for income."

6. Barbara Sher says:
"You’re not a dabbler or a dilettante. You simply
need to do more than one thing in your life. When
you’re a Scanner, one path is never enough.”
From article:
Interested In So Many Things: Creative and Multitalented

7. Programs for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People
Videos and other information about programs including:
• Create Beyond Limits
• Introvert Spring
• Sheep Dressed Like Wolves
• DIY Self-Esteem
• the Power of Intuition Online Course by Judith Orloff
and more.

8. Why Smart People Hurt: A Guide for the Bright, the
Sensitive, and the Creative, by Eric Maisel, PhD
My review (on Amazon) for the book: Being exceptionally
gifted and talented does not include assurance that
you can realize your multiple talents, nor is it a
guarantee of eminence or even success in life.
As Dr. Linda Silverman, director of the Gifted
Development Center, notes, “The natural trajectory of
giftedness in childhood is not a six-figure salary, perfect
happiness, and a guaranteed place in Who’s Who."

9. In "Why Smart People Hurt" Dr. Maisel delineates a
number of both external and internal impacts on high
ability people, providing information about these often
subtle influences, and giving suggestions to enhance self-understanding
and emotional health to help people more
fully use their capabilities, making their lives more creative
and fulfilled, to the benefit of others as well as themselves.
Related article of mine with excerpts, audio clip:
Challenged By Being So Smart

10. Additional articles in this edition :
• Thinking Like Leonardo Da Vinci
• Renaissance People Don’t Want to Choose Only One Career
• Mary J. Blige on being more happy
• Creative Visionary Philip K. Dick
• Thinking of important stuff like money – and underpants
• Oliver Sacks on music and the brain
• Big c and little c creativity: everyday creative experience

11. See the newsletter online for links to
articles - and to subscribe :
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12. Thanks for reading.
The Developing Creativity
newsletter is a publication by
Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology -
writer, researcher and online
publisher on psychology and
personal growth related to creativity.
Creator of the Talent Development Resources series of sites

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and resources from the
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