What are the characteristics of a creative person? Psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi researched that by interviewing hundreds of Nobel laureates, Pullitzer prize winners, poets, writers, scientists, or artists and identified those ten traits. And the best is: creativity is inside everyone of us.

1. Ten Traits
of
Highly Creative People
(according to Mihály Csíkszentmihályi)
Compiled by
Mario Herger, PhD
@mherger
www.marioherger.at
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2. Have a great deal of physical energy, but are
also often quiet and at rest.
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3. Tend to be smart,
yet also naive at the same time.
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4. Combine playfulness
and
discipline,
responsibility and
irresponsibility.
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5. Alternate between imagination and fantasy,
and rooted sense of reality.
4

6. Harbor opposite tendencies of extroversion
and introversion at the same time.
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7. Tend to be humble and proud
at the same time.
6

8. Escape rigid gender role stereotyping.
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9. Are rebellious and independent, yet
traditional and conservative at the same time.
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10. Are passionate and objective
about their work.
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11. Are exposed to suffering and pain,
yet also to a great deal of enjoyment.
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13. Mario Herger, PhD
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