Comments on: A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve – Ayn Rand https://inspire99.com/a-creative-man-is-motivated-by-the-desire-to-achieve-ayn-rand/ Startup and Motivation Sat, 18 May 2019 09:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Vinay Nagaraju https://inspire99.com/a-creative-man-is-motivated-by-the-desire-to-achieve-ayn-rand/#comment-13758 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:48:15 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=12144#comment-13758 In reply to Suman Deb Ray.

Hi Suman, very nice to hear from you.Thank you for these comments, very thought provoking. I like the differentiation between the robotic approach and a creative approach. There are so many ways to come to the same result. No wonder human creativity is rated as one of the most elusive talents. At one point, just the idea of flying would have been absurd. If not for creativity, there would be no way we could have gotten this close. I wonder what all we get to see in the name of creation and how beautiful these innovations willbe.

A strong factor you mention is about the new path for others to follow. You might have heard of the 4 minute mile. Apparently before Roger Bannister, it was thought to be impossible to achieve running of a mile under 4 minutes. This used to be a known fact until 1954 when this record was broken. Apparently after that this 4 minute mile has been achieved by a considerable number of people. It is amazing how a new path laid sometimes becomes a standard of belief and achievement. It is stunning how our internal representations shape our motivation and desire to achieve new things in life. And creativity is a fascinating life blood.

]]> By: Suman Deb Ray https://inspire99.com/a-creative-man-is-motivated-by-the-desire-to-achieve-ayn-rand/#comment-13756 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:10:10 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=12144#comment-13756 At times one need to win to make a point or two. But playing to win or not to lose are both old school of thoughts… passé, if you like.
Creative man focuses on the game itself and not on the result. The result is an eventuality that will be reached sooner or later. He celebrates the journey and not the destination.
Not to forget that a creative man is the person who tries to do things differently, explore new ways, innovates along the way. He doesn’t necessarily follow a proven path and focus on optimizing the processes.
That’s what distinguishes a person from a computer/AI. They do not follow an algorithm and on the contrary they are creative, they try new things and fail. But when they succeed, the followers have a new path to follow.

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