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  1. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    the seed of greatness exists in every human being.
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  2. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    we've been indoctrinated to believe that the higher the IQ, the more likely one is to succeed in life.
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  3. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    Ray Bradbury said that thinking is the enemy of creativity because it's self-conscious. When you think you sit calmly and try to reason through something in a structured, logical way. Creativity dances to a different tune. Once you flip that switch, things get a bit chaotic. Ideas start buzzing. Images start popping into your head. Fragments of all kinds of data find their way into orbit.
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  4. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    into the ground. Sixteen iron rods would be
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  5. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    ...there are no such things as natural-born under- or overachievers-there are simply people that tap into their true potentials and people that don't. What is generally recognized as "great talent" is, in almost all cases, nothing more than the outward manifestations of an unwavering dedication to a process.
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  6. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    IQ and success are related...to a point. Sure, someone with an IQ of 150 {a "genius" by all normal standards} is going to do much better in life than someone with an IQ of 80 {nearly "mentally disabled"}. Similarly, a person with an IQ of 130 {"near genius"} has a significant upper hand in life when compared to a person with an IQ of 100 {"average"}.
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  7. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    Dr. K Anders Ericsson called the "10,000 hour" rule. The rule's premise is that, regardless of whether one has an innate aptitude for an activity or not, mastery of it takes around ten thousand hours of focused, intentional practice.
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  8. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    What is imagination, though? Michelangelo said he saw angels in the marble and carved until he set them free.
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  9. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    What is imagination, though? Michelangelo said he saw angels in the marble and carved until he set them free. Most of us regard creativity in the same way we regard that statement-as a mysterious gift that can't be explained or cultivated. But we're wrong. Like genius itself, creativity is a process, not a providence.
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  10. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    there was one common factor that researchers recognized in all great performers: they practiced so hard and intensely that it hurt.
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  11. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    We all face a fundamental choice in our lives. Do we take the path prescribed by our "now you're supposed to" society, or do we take our own path toward the life we feel we ought to be living? Do we choose our life's work based on the U.S. Department of Labor's list of highest-paying jobs, or do we follow our bliss? Do we heed the call to conformity, or the call to adventure?
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  12. Sean Patrick _ Nikola Tesla: Imagination and

    Do we choose our life's work based on the U.S. Department of Labor's list of highest-paying jobs, or do we follow our bliss? Do we heed the call to conformity, or the call to adventure?
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