To Be Creative, A Person Has To

As Long As We Respond Predictably To What Feels Good And What Feels Bad, It Is Easy For Others To Exploit Our Preferences For Their Own Ends.

Creativity Is Any Act, Idea, Or Product That Changes An Existing Domain, Or That Transforms An Existing Domain Into A New One What Counts Is Whether The Novelty He Or She Produces Is Accepted For Inclusion In The Domain.

It Is Amazing How Little Effort Most People Make To Improve Control Of Their Attention. If Reading A Book Seems Too Difficult, Instead Of Sharpening Concentration We Tend To Set It Aside And Instead Turn On The Television, Which Not Only Requires Minimal Attention, But In Fact Tends To Diffuse What Little It Commands With Choppy Editing, Commercial Interruptions, And Generally Inane Content.

We Can Either Help To Make This World A More Incredible Place Than It Has Ever Been, Or We Can Hasten Its Return To Inorganic Dust.

A Person Can Make Himself Happy, Or Miserable, Regardless Of What Is Actually Happening 'outside,' Just By Changing The Contents Of Consciousness.