Dan Nicholson - "Everybody is creative."

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This week’s wisdom comes from a conversation with Dan Nicholson, author of Rigging the Game.

Tune into the entire conversation here.

[DAN] "I strongly believe in this quote, 'Every system is perfectly designed for the current outcomes that it's generating.' That's a quote from Edward Deming. I didn't come up with that."

"This show is called 'Creative on Purpose.' I believe that everybody is creative."

"We maybe grew up in a system that told us that we weren't and that math is not creative. Accounting is not creative. Engineering is not creative. You're not a creative person because you're an engineer. You're only a creative person if you're an artist."

"My first actual full-time job after college (don't judge me for this) was a fellowship at the board that writes all the accounting stands in the US."

"Like I said, my career went on a totally different entrepreneurship journey than I originally expected. But I look back on it, and I think that was the most creative place that I worked at outside of being a full-time entrepreneur."

"The board that writes all the accounting standards is the most creative place I've worked at, and why?"

"Because we were creating something from nothing."

You may not like what we created. Actually, I know a lot of people who do not like what I worked on. But we had to create it from nothing."

"We started with a blank page and a framework and some ideas and iterated through until we got the final outcome that, based off of a bunch of feedback."

"So I hope that people stop thinking about themselves as being creative or uncreative and that they start being more intentional on purpose—designing systems where they can be they can be creative in their life.

Dan just delivered a powerful reminder that everyone is a creative. How are you embracing, engaging, and activating your creativity today?

Scott Perry, Encore Life Coach at Creative on Purpose

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