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Creativity appears in many forms, and your first task is to become more open and aware of your potential for creativity, your creative endeavors, and the wide range of possibilities that are available for you to explore which will enhance and expand your creativity. Try to not think of creativity as being associated only with talent, as that will limit you too much. If you are linking the two, then you can think that only some people can be creative, that you can be creative in only one or two ways, or that you must have an inborn ability or capacity. When you look at people who receive recognition for their talents and creativity, they do seem to fit the last description. However, the definition and description we will use are the hallmarks of healthy adult narcissism, are available to everyone, can be developed, and are not dependent on native talent. Anyone can practice this form of creativity.
Creativity, as used here, includes the following:
There is a popular saying about thinking outside the box. That is the essence of creativity—to think in new and different ways, from other perspectives, and to be open to trying what has not been tried before. But you begin by cultivating a willingness to reach out for new ideas, thoughts, and so on.
excerpt from Children of the Self-Absorbed-A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents by Nina W. Brown Ed. D.
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