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Chapter 4 • Blocks to Creativeness

1.   Think of the last major business problem you had to solve.

a.  Make a list of the mental steps you went through in solving it.

b.  Take some current personal problem and try to work out a solution following the same general steps.

2.       What is your concept of the kind of security a creative person should strive for? How can he keep a desire for security from becoming a block to his development as a creative individual?

3.       List five examples of how people you know (you may include yourself) conform to "accepted" patterns not involving questions of morality.

a.  Why do you think each of these patterns is "accepted"?

b.  Are any of the original conditions of acceptance outmoded today?

c.  What are the dangers of conforming to such outmoded patterns?

4.       List at least five "unwritten laws" governing personal behavior where you work. Do any of these tend to inhibit the freedom to create for the company? What would be the results if you were to challenge any of them?

5.       List at least ten habits that govern your daily living.

a.  Which of these tend to simplify the details of living to leave your mind more free for thinking?

b.  Which tend to restrict your thinking so as to inhibit you from finding new and better ways of doing things?

c.   For each of the restricting habits you list in b above, suggest at least three things you could do to help yourself replace the bad habit with a good one.

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