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Month: November 2006

The Importance of Colouring Outside the Lines

I’ve long believed that everyone has creative abilities regardless of their job title. I’ve also long suspected that far too many truly creative people realize this because they’ve had the motivation to exercise their creative skills beaten out of them.

My wife, for example, is one of the most creative people I know, and almost everyone who meets her comments on this. Despite this, she was given a near-failing grade in junior high school art class, effectively killing her interest in pursuing a visual arts career.

I was reminded of this last week when I had the pleasure of hearing Dave Chalk deliver a very inspiring keynote address at the BC AIM DM Day event I was also a speaker at. Dave is also of the opinion that everyone is born with creative abilities, and he shared an amazing tidbit with the audience.

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