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Too many people never connect with their true talents and therefore don't know what they are capable of achieving.

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Ken Robinson
Age: 70 †
Born: 1950
Born: March 4
Died: 2020
Died: August 21
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City of Liverpool
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What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future.
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Human life is inherently creative. It's why we all have different résumés. … It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic.
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Most people didn't pursue their passions simply because of the promise of a paycheck. They pursued them because they couldn't imagine doing anything else with their lives.
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Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.
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We have sold ourselves into a fast food model of education, and it's impoverishing our spirit and our energies as much as fast food is depleting our physical bodies.
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Life is not linear, it is organic. We create our lives symbiotically as we explore our talents in relation to the circumstances they help create for us
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Some dreams truly are 'impossible dreams.' However, many aren't. Knowing the difference is often one of the first steps to finding your element, because if you can see the chances of making a dream come true, you can also likely see the necessary next steps you need to take toward achieving it.
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The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.
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Finding your element is essential to your wellbeing and ultimate success and, by implication to the health of our organisations and the effectiveness of our educational systems
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Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.
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All of our existing ideas have creative possibilities.
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Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness.
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Finding the medium that excites your imagination, that you love to play with and work in, is an important step to freeing your creative energies.
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