Tag: Emotions and creativity
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Use Negative News to Create a Better Future
“Life handed him a lemon, As Life sometimes will do. His friends looked on in pity, Assuming he was through. They came upon him later, Reclining in the shade In calm contentment, drinking A glass of lemonade.” ― ‘The Optimist’ appeared in a 1940 edition of The Rotarian “It is hard to make lemonade if…
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What Emotions Help Creativity?
Creativity is full of emotion, from the anxiety of the blank computer screen and the frustration of facing inevitable obstacles to the elation of insight and pride of achievement. Creativity scholars have learned a great deal by examining the role of emotions in creativity for at least 35 years. The biggest and most reliable lesson…
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Why negative emotions can spark creativity
A happy workforce can do wonders for your organisation’s productivity and creativity. But the idea that employees must always feel great to produce their best work is debateable, according to Michael Parke, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. In their research paper ‘The Role of Affect Climate in Organizational Effectiveness’, Dr Parke…
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How to use your emotional intelligence to unlock creative thinking
When we learn how to use our emotions to impress the mind or move our feelings into a space where they can help us to come up with new ideas and solve problems in a creative way we are using our emotional intelligence to further our aims and achieve our goals. In this 4th industrial…
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Emotionally intelligent bosses make for happier, more creative employees
Bosses who act in ways associated with emotional intelligence foster happier, more creative employees, according to a Yale-led study in the Journal of Creative Behavior. Research scientist Zorana Ivcevic and colleagues at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence surveyed close to 15,000 people across the U.S., finding that emotionally intelligent supervisors — managers who read…
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Creativity equals resilience
As the pandemic continues to dominate our lives, positive reinforcement is even more valuable. Holly Fraser and her team find it in their work. The pandemic is many things: devious, uncomfortable, lengthy, controlling. While we all stay home and work remotely, creatives are finding inspiration in nature and connecting with the outside world. I rarely made…
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Do Positive or Negative Emotions Make You More Creative?
Conventional wisdom from the field of psychology tells us that positive emotions are most conducive to creativity while negative emotions are detrimental. Yet, negative moods have some surprising benefits in terms of stimulating creativity. With no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, this is an ideal time to use your emotions as a therapeutic…
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Dangers to Happiness in a Photoshopped World
“It’s in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous.” ― Brené Brown Our world view has always been shaped by secondhand sources. Even back to the earliest days of human civilization, one person could not see everything with their own…
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25 Habits of Successful and Extremely Happy People
What’s the secret to happiness? That can differ according to the person involved. But we do know that happy people have different habits and think differently than those who are miserable. So, the good news is, if you’re trying to be one of those happy people, recognize that that desired emotion comes from within and…
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Is There a Link Between Creativity and Happiness?
What makes you happy? What could transform your sad frown into a happy smile? Is it having material possessions? Your relationships? Your achievements? Perhaps. But how about working in some creativity in your everyday life? Experts say there is a link between creativity and happiness. An article from Huffington Post cited a recent New Zealand…