Intro
00:00:00The speaker talks about the importance of how we respond to events in our lives, whether good or bad. She shares her personal experience of recovering from a post-concussive condition caused by having nine concussions in her life.
Post concussive disorder
00:01:13The speaker talks about how people collect concussions and when they recover from it, they suffer from post concussive disorder. Many soldiers coming back from overseas are also suffering from this disorder. The speaker shares their personal experience of losing their ability to talk and other things after being hit by a truck in 2008.
Losing a superpower
00:01:56The author lost her ability to draw after an accident and was told she would never recover her higher words. She had to retrain herself to talk again by reading the New York Times newspaper, listening to the audio edition, and recording herself.
Retraining to talk
00:03:24The author talks about how they retrained themselves to talk after an accident and how they discovered the creative process. They share the seven stages of creativity discovered by Nobel laureate physicist Murray Gelman, focusing on the fifth stage.
The Eureka moment
00:05:08The fifth stage of the creative process is the Eureka moment, which is when a person has a sudden flash of an idea, whether it's before going to bed, waking up in the morning, or while driving. These moments are crucial and should be noted down immediately.
Write down your ideas
00:05:44The creative process involves forming a question or an idea, engaging in research to gather information, knowing when to stop researching, and finally, creating something based on the gathered information. It is important to write down ideas and questions to begin the process.
Hold the question
00:08:10The fourth stage of the creative process is the stage of gestation where one holds the question. This stage involves detachment and can lead to creative breakthroughs. The narrator shares their experience studying Zen Buddhism and the use of impossible questions in the practice.
Divergent behavior
00:09:06Divergent behavior involves asking wicked questions that cannot be answered directly and approaching them through metaphor. It is important to mesh the world of operations with the world of imagination to reach the Eureka moment, followed by the process of making and testing and criticism.
The 7 stages
00:13:07The creative process involves seven stages that do not come in any particular order, and it is important to recognize them to enter and exit fluidly. It is recommended to keep track of the feeling states that happen while in these stages and capture the little Eureka moments.
The crazy idea
00:14:48The text is incomplete and does not provide any main ideas to summarize.
Conclusion
00:14:56The speaker emphasizes the importance of valuing and sharing one's ideas, encouraging the audience to be fearless in bringing them to the world.