nói một cách thẳng thông qua đối với tôi. Tôi không muốn bất kỳ thông tin hoặc cơ hội đi nơi khác chỉ vì không ai có thể có một cuộc gọi. Tôi cố gắng làm cho bạn bè ở bất cứ nơi nào tôi đi, và nó là niềm tin ngây thơ của tôi mà tôi thường thành công. Con đường tôi nhìn vào nó, mọi người đều có một ý tưởng và là một trong hàng chục có thể là một | 16 Suspend judgement Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blossoms together. Jean-Paul Sartre The German poet Johann Schiller wrote the following some 200 years ago In the case of the creative mind it seems to me it is as if the intellect has withdrawn its guards from the gates ideas rush in pell mell and only then does it review and examine the multitude. You worthy critics or whatever you may call yourselves are ashamed or afraid of the momentary and passing madness found in all real creators. Hence your complaints of unfruitfulness - you reject too soon and discriminate too severely. 89 The Art of Creative Thinking There are two important points here. First we tend to post guards on our minds. We criticize or evaluate our own ideas - or half ideas - far too soon. Criticism especially the wholly negative kind can be like a cold white frost in spring it kills off seeds and budding leaves. If we can relax our self-critical guard and let ideas come sauntering in then we shall become more productive thinkers. Don t confuse evaluation with idea fluency. Be as prolific as you can with ideas until you find one that satisfies you. Then try to translate it into the form you want. Second beware of critics Some people are just too critical. There is a Chinese saying to that effect He could find fault with a bird on the wing . Any sensible person should of course be open to the criticism of others. It is one of the offices of a friend if no one else to offer you constructive criticism about your work and perhaps also about your personal conduct. If we did not have this form of feedback we should never improve. But there is a time and place for everything. The time is not when you are exploring and experimenting with new ideas. This is the reason why professional creative thinkers - authors inventors and artists for example -seldom talk about work in progress. Certain environments are notoriously hostile to creative work. Paradoxically universities are among .
