How Challenging Your Deepest Beliefs Can Unlock Creative Growth
By
Tom May
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Summary
The article argues that letting go of rigid beliefs and outdated rules is essential for creative growth. The author uses their personal experience with the word 'literally' as an example - after discovering that Shakespeare, Dickens, and Austen all used 'literally' to mean 'very', they realized their long-held grammatical stance was misguided. The piece encourages readers to challenge their own sacred cows and be open to changing perspectives as a pathway to creative breakthroughs.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledHave you ever felt so strongly about something that it was a hill you were prepared to die on?
But recently I discovered that it's not just uneducated sports commentators and slovenly teenagers who employ the word in this way. William Shakespeare did. Charles Dickens did. Jane Austen did.
Stop clinging to sacred cows and outdated rules: your creative breakthrough is waiting on the other side.
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