The Ultimate Creative Genius

Sam welcomes speaker, author, and CEO, Allen Gannett. Allen is among the top creative geniuses in our world today. In fact, he is so passionate about the topic of creativity, that he wrote The Creative Curve, a book that argues that the creative process can be learned by anyone.

INTRODUCING ALLEN GANNETT:

Sam welcomes speaker, author, and CEO, Allen Gannett. Allen is among the top creative geniuses in our world today. In fact, he is so passionate about the topic of creativity, that he wrote The Creative Curve, a book that argues that the creative process can be learned by anyone. He’s interviewed everyone from billionaires to neuroscientists and developed a four-step process to show how anyone can achieve the creative success they desire. In this episode, Sam and Allen discuss the concept of the ‘Creative Curve,’ neuroplasticity, and creative potential.

THIS EPISODE FEATURES INSIGHTS ON PASSION & CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT:

Allen Gannett joins the show to discuss his book, The Creative Curve, his passion for creativity, and leveling up
Defining creativity
Allen’s thoughts on how creativity equates to success and breaks down the concept of the ‘Creative Curve’
Key takeaways observed about the creative achievers interviewed for his book
Creative potential from childhood to adulthood
How Allen’s research on creativity has helped him as a CEO and what the average person can do to increase their creativity within their field

WHAT DID ALLEN SAY?

“I think potential is so much more achievable than ever before. But I think that also makes it, in some ways, actually scarier.”

“So much about creativity is actually about silence and experiencing silence and hearing, so to speak, what’s been going on in your brain because your brain is very good at creativity.”

“The definition of creativity that I like most is the one from sociology, which says, [creativity is] ‘the ability to create things that are both new and valuable.’”

“The concept of neuroplasticity is this idea that everyday your brain generates thousands of new brain cells. And these brain cells literally go and attach themselves to the parts of the brain that are most active. And the result is that cognitive tasks change the actual physical structure of your brain.”

“Our brain works much more like a muscle than I think we’re willing to acknowledge and that’s because it’s in our skull and we don’t see it.”

“If you want to get better at something, the biggest trick is to not allow yourself to become self-conscious about it.”

“Everyone who ever did something always did it for the first time once.”

“The most successful creatives are also rabid consumers of their niche.”

“We live in a society that conditions people to think creativity equals poverty.”