Inventiveness

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WHAT CAUSES CREATIVITY 1. CONFIDENCE: ABILITY TO QUESTION WITHOUT FEAR 2. OBSERVATION: SEEING PROBLEMS/IDEAS 3. HUMILITY: KNOWING YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING 4. MINDFULNESS: THINKING ON HOW TO THINK 5. CURIOSITY: EXPLORING AND EXPERIMENTING 6. RESOURCEFULNESS: SOMETHING TO TINKER WITH 7. ENERGY: TO EXPLORE AND TINKER 8. ACTION: NOT JUST THINKING, BUT DOING

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