- looking at things more closely than most people do.
- finding beauty in everyday things and situations.
- making new connections between different things and ideas.
- going beyond ordinary ways of thinking and doing things.
- looking at things in different ways in order to generate new perspectives.
- taking risks and exposing yourself to possible failure.
- arranging things in new and interesting ways.
- working hard and at the edge of your potential.
- persisting where others may give up.
- concentrating your effort and attention for long periods of time.
- dreaming and fantasizing about things.
- using old ideas to create new ideas and ways of seeing things.
- doing something simply because it's interesting and personally challenging to do.
Above: "The Thinker" by Auguste Rodin, 1879-1889, Bronze.
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