creativity

Looking up big, fancy words won't make your writing better. But a thesaurus can help – if you use it like this.

You can use these to get ahead, no matter your age.

Good quotes are powerful catalysts for positive actions.

We have to practice doing nothing more often.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is updated for the 21st century in a new study.

To strengthen your mind, work with your hands, says former astronaut Leland Melvin.

A new study re-assesses multitasking.

Need to kick-start your creativity? This technique can really help.

Learn how to enter into the mindset of a successful inventor.

The best-selling author tells us his methods.

It's been used by everyone from philosophers to business leaders — and Stanford research shows it really makes a difference.

Activism 101: How to balance creativity and mission—and not burn out.

Are you a polymath, too?

Taking a modern look at a millennia-old concept.

... and also the return of the (mini) Mac.

Is microdosing magic truffles a way to unlock your creative potential? That's long been anecdotal, but the evidence is coming.

The road from dropout to billionaire is more of a detour than a highway.

Writing by hand is the original concentration hack.

Minimalism, thought to be a solution to our overstimulated lives, is actually dulling our senses.

The road to harmony often means getting your hands dirty.

Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.

All humans have a mindful capability for creative thought. Unleashing it is dependent on how we're taught to go about the creative process.

Notice anything different? The biggest ideas of the 21st century just got a makeover.

How does humanity arrive at great ideas? Simple: we take already great ideas and just arrive at even greater ideas.

Want to learn about innovation? Study hip hop. From the early dance halls to the Wu-Tang Clan, cognitive friction has made hip hop better and better.

Creative and original thinking takes both patience and practice. Because your brain is actively trying to fight it.

Does what kind of music you play alter the benefits you get by playing it?

Complex problems undermine the very principle of meritocracy: the idea that the ‘best person’ should be hired. There is no best person.

Could these findings be used to boost creativity?

Some say that great ideas come out of thin air. Neuroscientist David Eagleman posits that perhaps all great ideas are simply built upon old ideas, because thats what fuels the creative brain.