Creative People Make Us Crazy? We do?
Liz Strauss has an interesting post up over at her Successful and Outstanding Blog(gers) in which she discusses some of the traits of creative people and how those traits affect their work and co-workers. The post is called 10 Reasons Creative Folks Make Us Crazy.
Why Read 10 Reasons Creative Folks Make Us Crazy?
I haven’t read the book she quotes, Creativity:Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Professor Mihaly Csikentmihalyi, but after reading her article, I think I’m going to get my hands on a copy. Take a look at Liz’s post and you just might recognize yourself or some of your co-workers when looking over the 10 reasons creative folks drive us crazy. As businesses recruit more and more creative folks, chances are we’re going to come into contact with more and more people like ourselves.
Liz points out that talking about creativity makes us more creative. I have to agree with her 
afterall, it is the underlying reason we created this blog!
Hi!
Thanks for noticing. By the way, I include myself in the group that drives people crazy. That’s why I’ve read the book so many times, including once with a friend over the summer as a read aloud.
It’s a most interesting study.
Thanks again.
Liz
Comment by Liz Strauss — July 31, 2006 @ 12:42 pm
Hi Liz!
I read your blog everyday. Today’s post just tickled me and I had to bring it to the attention of the small number of readers we have here.
I truly believe that creativity is something that everyone has - and that like a muscle, exercising it makes it stronger.
Thanks for writing about the book, I look forward to reading it.
–Edge
Comment by ShadowsEdge — July 31, 2006 @ 2:00 pm