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A little info about creative people

Mar 06, 2008 - 19:31 PM PST

I am currently doing some market research for a project I am developing and came across a little bit of information about creative people. I want to make it clear that I am not a researcher and that I did not do a extremely in depth search on this information and, lastly, that it is not presented here in any real professional manner. I just thought I would post it up because I thought, overall, this list of common traits of creative people was interesting. So read on and see how you relate.

30% of the workforce identify with creative class
Majority are urban or suburban dwellers
Have talent, tolerance and affinity for technology and drive innovation and competitiveness
Curious
Optimistic
Perseverance
Imaginative
Sensitive
Most not driven by money, but by purpose (destiny)
Adapt things to suit their own goals or needs
Highly observant
Perceive the world differently
Not limited
Highly intuitive to see the whole picture from multiple small pieces
Dreamers and daydreamers
Flexible
Thrive to be original
Sense of humor
Self disciplined
Independent
Critical
Non-conforming
Confident
Willing to take high risks
Prone to arrogance and the assumption that they cannot be improved
Somewhat insecure
Energetic
Playful
Usually very introverted or extraverted (seldom duality)
Somewhat sexually androgynous
Both conservative and rebellious
Passionate and objective
Overactive minds

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slckfielde...

Jun 09, 2008 - 09:21 AM

really intersting

JulieK

Mar 12, 2008 - 15:01 PM

For the most part it's right on for me ... aside from the self-discipline and the tendency to assume I cannot be improved. There's always room for improvement, for sure! Cool list. Thanks for posting!

_re

Mar 10, 2008 - 12:21 PM

i don't know where this came from but my dad sent it to me in an email... it also says something about creative people:

"More CEOs have graduated from Princeton than any other school. And this grand dame of the Ivy League doesn’t permit undergrads to major in business. That may be because it offers virtually no business courses.So how does it cultivate CEOs? Because it germinates romantics. By this, I mean young men and women who read poetry, contemplate art, study architecture, drink too much, read Catcher In The Rye 100 times. They are the dreamers. They are the ones who come up with every earth-changing idea"

txactor

Mar 07, 2008 - 16:31 PM

Pretty interesting list, actually. I see a lot that seem to fit and a few telling ones that I wish I had more of...like self discipline, and, and, and...sorry I was daydreaming there for a minute.