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We Need To Be Willing To Risk Embarrassment, Ask Silly Questions, Surround Ourselves With People Who Don't Know What We're Talking About. We Need To Leave Behind The Safety Of Our Expertise.

The Only Way To Maximize Group Creativity—to Make The Whole More Than The Sum Of Its Parts—is To Encourage A Candid Discussion Of Mistakes. In Part, This Is Because The Acceptance Of Error Reduces Cost. When You Believe Your Flaws Will Be Quickly Corrected By The Group, You're Less Worried About Perfecting Your Contribution, Which Leads To A More Candid Conversation. We Can Only Get It Right When We Talk About What We Got Wrong.

You Know More Than You Know.

By The Age Of 3, Children From Wealthier Households Hear, On Average, About 500,000 Encouragements And 80,000 Discouragements. The Ratio Is Reversed In Households On Welfare.

If You're Trying To Be More Creative, One Of The Most Important Things You Can Do Is Increase The Volume And Diversity Of The Information To Which You Are Exposed.