Brian Tracy argues that thinking quality determines life quality. He cites research showing creativity drops from 95% in toddlers to 5% by age seven, blaming school and conformity. He says creativity is recoverable.
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Hello, I'm Brian Tracy and I want to talk to you today about improving the quality of your thinking. Anyone starting from wherever they are can become wealthy if they will do this. You see, everything we are or ever will be is the direct result of the way we think. Human beings are mental organisms. Everything we are or ever will be will be as the direct result of the way we think, either good or bad. If we improve the quality of our thinking, we must improve the quality of our lives. And there's no other way to do it. In one series of IQ tests given to children ages 2 to 4 years, 95% of the children were found to be highly creative, with curious, questioning minds and an ability for abstract thinking. When the same children were tested again at age 7, only 5% still demonstrated high levels of creativity. In the ensuing years, they had learned to conform. If you want to get along, you better go along, is what they had discovered. They had learned to color between the lines, to sit in neat little rows, to do and say what the other kids did and said, and to do just as they were told. Over time, they lost the wonderful, fearless spontaneity of youth and learned to suppress ideas and insights that were unusual or different. Most of us have had similar experiences. The not invented here syndrome in many large companies is simply the adult version of not rocking the boat. But fortunately, since creativity is your birthright, a fundamental part of your nature, you can tap into it at any time, no matter how long it has been since you really used it. Thank you for viewing this video on improving the quality of your thinking. If you enjoyed this video, please press the like button below and click on the link on the screen to subscribe to my YouTube channel.
