Chapter 5 reading

The chapter was basically about creativity, goal setting, time management and work habits. Creativity is required to make effective goals and time management and work habits are required to achieve those goals. Its all stuff we should already know, has been instilled in our minds since elementary school, or is just common sense. Creativity was the only thing that really needed going over but the others were good cause they're reminders. (if i dont have something in print i'll probably forget) so it was a good thing to go back over goals and time management because even though i know about those i still have a problem. But creativity involves attention, interest, connections, and eagerness for complexity, which i didnt actually KNOW but could have assumed. Goal setting was helpful. strategies was good cause it was interesting to know about the post-it note thing. and characteristics of good goals was helpful. Time management was more like a lecture, but prioritizing, sequence, time use, and early start are good things to know.

Creativity was very interesting to read about. i didnt really know what made someone creative. Receptivity is sort of a given, ur not gonna reach new things without allowing outside influences in. Curiosity was also basic knowledge. if u dont ask questions nothing will influence u. Range of interests got me. ive never heard that before, but i guess it makes sense. if u know more about different things i guess u can do more with that knowledge. Attentiveness is some what obvious. Connection seeking seemed more like problem solving than creativity but i guess both go hand in hand. the more creative u are the better u are at solving novel problems not only because u can come up with alternatives but because u can perceive details better and have more of an idea of whats going on, which is where attentiveness comes in. A need for complexity makes sense. creative people constantly want to do bigger and better things and to challenge themselves. Then the different facts were interesting. like the differences between safe keepers and risk takers. And extroversion and introversion are always great, even in psychology. the fact that solitude can make such a difference is eye opening. someone could do there best work alone while others cant do anything but waste time if someone isnt there with them. All the subtexts on creativity were correct as far as i could tell. and it fit so well with goal setting content wise. the flow really worked with the chapter. creativity is needed to make worthwhile goals, and then time management is needed to achieve them. this is like step by step stuff. But all the aspects of creativity that the book went over were related to personality. isnt there more to it than just personality? and the goal section seemed a little too formulaic. the book even discouraged unattainable goals. we need a "reach for the stars" kinda goal every once in a while, it lets us keep achieving. goals can be more than just defined quick ways to improve ourselves, which the book sort of implies. but isnt it important to take on more than we're capable of sometimes?