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REACTIVE CREATIVE

REACTIVE CREATIVE. Inspiration Making things happen Reaching beyond ourselves Feeling energized and renewed. Obligation Things happen to us Feeling diminished Feeling drained and exhausted. Creative Reactive. 7 Approaches to Creativity:. Leading with our strengths Finding flow

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REACTIVE CREATIVE

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  1. REACTIVECREATIVE

  2. Inspiration Making things happen Reaching beyond ourselves Feeling energized and renewed Obligation Things happen to us Feeling diminished Feeling drained and exhausted Creative Reactive

  3. 7 Approaches to Creativity: • Leading with our strengths • Finding flow • Ignatian insights • The Creative Process • Recent Research • Covey’s Quadrants • Living with Integrity

  4. 1. Leading with our Strengths “Herein is my formulation of the good life: Using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of your life to bring abundant gratification and authentic happiness.” Martin Seligman, (2002) Authentic Happiness, p. 161. (A free signature strengths survey on www.authentichappiness.org)

  5. 2. Finding Flow: • We have clear goals. • We get immediate feedback. • Challenge is balanced by our skills. • There are no distractions. • Our action and awareness are merged. • We lose our self-consciousness. • Normal time disappears. • The process has its own meaning. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, (1996) Creativity, pp. 111-113

  6. 3. Ignatian Insight, Consolation: • Opens our hearts • Expands us beyond ourselves • Bonds us with the larger community • Generates new inspiration and ideas • Restores our balance and vision • Shows us where God is active in our lives • Gives us new energy (adapted from Margaret Silf, Inner Compass, p. 53)

  7. 3. Ignatian Insight, Desolation: • Turns us in on ourselves • Spirals us deeper down into negative feelings • Cuts us off from community • Makes us give up on what we care about • Takes over our consciousness • Blocks our inner vision • Drains our energy (adapted from Margaret Silf, Inner Compass, pp. 52-53)

  8. 4. The Creative Process: • Preparation(begin work) • Incubation(take a break as the subconscious continues to work)* • Inspiration • Verification(return to complete the project) *Vital contemplative time

  9. Creativity killers: Extreme time pressure Fragmented work day Interruptions, distractions Days filled with busy work Many meetings Last minute changes in plans and schedules T. M. Amabile, C.N. Hadley, S.J. Kramer (2002). Creativity Under the Gun. Harvard Business Review. August, pp. 52-61. Keys to Creativity: Low time pressure Focus on one project for a significant block of time Freedom from interruptions Belief that our work is important Few meetings Sense of agency, ability to follow through with our plans 5. Recent Research on Creativity:

  10. 6. Covey’s Quadrants:Stephen Covey, (1989) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

  11. 7. Living with Integrity We each have “a personal integrity account into which we are constantly making either deposits or withdrawals. When we . . .keep commitments and promises to ourselves, when we act in harmony with our inner values in a moment of truth, we add to that account. When we justify exceptions to our own determinations, when we fail to meet a goal, when our actions fall short of our convictions, we make withdrawals. Whether our account is in the red or the black powerfully affects our confidence, our level of stress, our creativity, and our ability to relate meaningfully to others.” A. Roger Merrill (1987) Connections, p.36.

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