PNTV: Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (#291)

Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "Creativity" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Hope you enjoy!

[jadalton]

recently came across your channel and website when searching for resources for my students... I am so very impressed with the work you are doing! So MUCH GOODNESS! thank you!

[warever]

Man I wish this new generation stop wasting their time on social media bullshit (which ironically made us unsocial!), and invest in themselves by reading some good books! your channel is the perfect place to start. Thank you for all the work, you've been a great trustworthy source of wisdom.

[ESES]

Excellent content! Thank you for being out there!

[Nyokee]

This was incredibly inspiring and makes me feel much better about being obsessed with music and 3D graphics. Thank you!

[rafaelgomez]

**** You are VERY VERY GOOD at EXPLANING the ESSENCE of BOOKS....THANK YOU

[nomadtrader]

congrats on the 80k subs brian! you rock! 👊

[AlexDevero]

Thanks for this amazing video Brian! Creativity is one of my favorite books!

[robertl.]

Tks Bryan for this video, I was a guy of ideas, Now I'm stepping in the producer!

[ManiKais]

OMG, that chalk pencil sound in the beginning feels so awesome.

[truth-seeker]

Brian do you have any info about your personal life? I'd like to know a little more about how you got into this type of work and why you left the states.

[stndsure]

The real issue is creaive action in the next moment - not becoming famous and changing the world - that is as much a factor of luck. Single-pointed focuse is essential - but non-self absorbed interaction is just as important. The most imortant crative people are unkown and directly help others.

[libraryofthemind]

Instrumental music helps me focus. But I find I get bored no matter how challenging something is? In fact, if it's too challenging sometimes I get REALLY bored... it needs to be NOVEL for me to maintain focus and interest.

[aiyanakaizen]

Brian, you just gave me a massive AHA! Hugs.

[karimalch]

I discover now a new habit from this sentence "( Excited about what they are gonna do next)"

[Ynoesdedios]

Good morning. Hey Brian, do you have your top 5 or 10 business books? please share.

[karimalch]

thanks a lot .
The writers exaggerate sometimes because I do not think there was anyone who had a desire to buy new clothes! what I mean those who lived in ّّّّّّّّّWorld War IIّ like Einstein. It's not about it 10 hours a year, But we must mention the difficult circumstances that people experienced during that time period.

[hindigersten]

The internet changed the rules of the 'field'. - which in essence, confuses the definition of Creativity

[PowerofTruth]

John do you merely just have interesting ideas or do you actually do stuff with the ideas you have because if it's the former instead of the latter we don't have much to talk about.

Attention - Where attention goes, energy flows. There's no greater feeling to be locked onto something like pitbull. When we give our attention to something we have to realize that there are opportunity costs. You can have anything you want but you just can't have everything.

No, Thx....Love the Peter Drucker story. Is productivity just creativity turned inside out? We need to have a large waste basket for requests that takes our attention away from what we are doing. A man who chases two rabbits catches none.

This really made me think about having a Deep "No" and a Shallow "Yes"...seems a bit counter-intuitive perhaps but what I mean is that say "no" to most requests and mean it and say "Yes" to only those things that align with what you are focused on.

Let's get into the flow....

1.Have Goals.
2.Have deep level of Focus
3. Instant Feedback.
4. Leave your Comfort Zone.

Architect your ideal life.

Thanks, Brian. Your Rock.
Keep Pushing..

[omeander]

Drucker lacked the wisdom to see that a "yes thanks" to an interview with Csikszentmihalyi would have furthered knowledge and understanding on the topic of Druckerian productivity and Csiki's creativity. Maybe dimension is what productivity lacks and creativity increases. The wise are able to transcend their comfort zone in order remain in the flow which seems the road less travelled in M Scott Peck's terms...

[nichoudha]

Have you thought of writing your own book? Seems like you have enough references for it.