4:47 "Creativity often comes when you take an idea from its original context and you move it somewhere else." Wow that's the best definition of creativity I've ever heard! 👏
I really, really thank you, because all the time I kinda hated myself for having too much interests, which would disable me to gain mastery in any of these, but maybe exactly that could be my greatest strength. So thanks for letting me realizing it.
I used to beat myself over not being able to 'master' anything. I had friends who found their calling in life years ago and I am still here, switching between interests regularly. I never realised it is something not only completely normal but also incredibly useful in my field of study (theatre). This talk has saved my sanity.
I agree that creativity is an extremely valuable skill, although, I disagree that it should be formally taught. Not everything in life needs to be taught in a classroom. Why do we try to force certain natural human skills and morals into some sort of formal schooling? I think we are naturally creative and curious creatures! We have these skills built into us and they are fed by freedom; in your thinking, to follow your interests and to just live life and experience the world in your own way and your own time. Formal schooling of these kind of skills would destroy them. Learning is so natural to us, why do people underestimate our natural ability to learn so much and think we somehow need to be shown or spoon fed information in order to learn anything. This is just my opinion, I'm open to hearing anyone else's :)))
Creativity is indeed a valuable skill but if we were to teach it in a way that has limitations, it will be a bit difficult to harness creativity. Let's admit it, formal schooling doesn't teach everything. Not all knowledge comes from schools. It all depends on the person learning, if he/she were given freedom to dig deep into their minds then they can enhance their creativity. They must learn it themselves rather than having someone else teach it to them, it all comes down to developing their minds. Also, the fact that formal schooling includes setting certain criterias, we are not really sure if the critic fully understands the whole work or project. It can be used as reference on where to improve yes, but what it doesn't tell is how much of an improvement you need. It simply sets a certain goal to be completed, which should not even exist. Because of this, it limits the person's freedom in making creative works or ideas.
@@Tranquil_Valley I whole heartily agree to this! I write lyrics with zero education and though it may not be great to anyone else but me 😂 throughout the years of experiencing life and the freedom to learn at my own pace ive seen development and improvement that simply made me astonished at myself. The reason i agreed with you is because I spent hours and hours doing research on creativity and for a good time I felt I was writing the way someone else would. So I would like to add to this comment. Creativity i dont think could really be taught but the idea of creativity could be. Example: If someone told you listening to all different types of music could inspire creativity within your lyrics or flow, it may not work for you but it could work for others.. But its soo much more complex than that. You could randomly bump into a person who said 10 words you never heard before and it may spark some creativity. You could experience trauma, ecstasy, or just a 5 second sensation from lets say a leaf falling slowly could turn on that creativity switch. Ive learned my creativity comes most from learning new things. I wouldn't say that I necessarily agreed with some ideas or opinions but more my own thoughts and outlook of the experience. I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions 💯 and thank you for posting this comment!
Biggest takeaway from this video is something that I think we are all aware of anyway. Enjoy life. Yes, it sounds simple, but so few people do. Simply move towards things that you enjoy, and distance yourself from things that you don't. The more you enjoy something, the 'better' you become at it. The more things you enjoy, the more similarities you can see across all of those subjects. Let's try to stop looking for that holy grail meaning for existence, because there isn't one. No one and nothing matters. Only your relative enjoyment and happiness does. The happy individual is a powerful person indeed. Perhaps this is why the media would rather you live in fear, because a scared and uncreative populus is an easy to control one. Just my two cents.
Back in 1987 I was a freshman in college. I opened up the college catalog and was excited by EVERYTHING. I wanted to take classes all over the campus. However, I was told that I needed to pick a major, and by end of sophomore year I was derailed. I chose to take time off to “find myself”. Now I’m 54 and have never finished my BS/BA. If I could take everything that I found exciting without putting myself into a box, I’d have a triple doctorate by now. I understand the need to specialize…but I also think you learn at a deeper level when you can discover how different subjects can be similar. I’m disgruntled that our current educational system doesn’t foster the love of learning because it forces us into predictable boxes.
This is why my second major was "interdisciplinary inquiry"! Basically they let me make up a major of everything else I was interested in. Of course even then I couldn't take classes on everything, but I feel fortunate that I was able to take such a wide variety and get credit for it.
It's so refreshing to hear this. Since I was a kid I've been called out for starting projects and not finishing them and at the time I felt guilty about this. Now, thinking back it it was the natural thing to do since I am a heavy slow multitasker and there was no way to finish ALL the things I started, even though in the end the things I've learnt some way or the other stayed in my life. It's most difficult for me though to choose how I spend my time and to compromise with something now it's become a work of observation to see where I naturally lean on.
I have a ballet academy for 31 years. Besides I speak 5 languages. Sing opera and in church and write books for children. Yes ,it is posible, the name is : love for the process
I’ve spent my entire adult life fighting the urge to slow-motion multitask because it’s counter to what we’re told/learn is the “right” way to progress. “A change is as good as a rest” as they say. Some of us need that rest, or as I like to see it incubation time, where the subconscious does a lot of the work for us. Slow-motion multitasking just feels intuitive to me, and everytime I try to fight it I just end up getting in my way. I come back to this video often as a reminder of that. Thanks Tim for justifying why some of us should embrace this work style.
Indeed, exposing yourself to various things is good for your brain. Life is an ongoing process of change and should be treated as such. Getting stuck at repeating the same things will absolutely kill your creativity. Thank you for this great talk!
Thank you. I no longer feel like a freak for having so many interests and projects on the go! I started to write my ideas in notes in folders on my phone. It's helped my focus. I have also started to journal, plan and schedule my time for different projects :)
this is the content i desperately need! i've been feeling uncreative because of demotivation to work on creative projects. but now, i am determined to work on my creativity and let it bloom to the best of my capacity.
I do this. One aspect where ADHD is a gift. Start on first project, and take a break to do next project, then come back to first project before the burnout sets in, while also working on the day-to-day in between. I am most productive this way. I waste time if I try to do some things start to finish in a short time. The trick for me is to spend the right amount of time on it - enough to focus, but un-focus when I hit a stopping point or a block so I can maintain clarity for each set of tasks.
I often find myself when I focus on other subjects than the one I love the most. When I come back to the one I love the most I feel smarter and feel I perform better. It's crazy how I'm only finding this video now!
‘ Secret of creativity is multitasking in slow-motion’ *pooooooof* I’m blown. I thought multi-tasking is not good 😬 therefore resulting to not being good/focussed at everything I multitask on... but I’ve always believed that I become better when I multitask. I just can’t seem to figure out how.. but now there we go...
i suppose it's not multitasking, calling it "slow-motion multitasking" is just labelling it as something that it's not. Multitasking is when you do 2 or more think at the same time. Jumping between projects is not multitasking, but it's good for the brain since the brain receives new information and has time to process the old information.
I'm the same way. When I get stuck on one thing I switch onto something else and when I come back to the previous thing my subconscious has figured a bunch of stuff out by then.
I'm so grateful to have received this information through this talk. It has given me permission to move where my inspiration takes me each day. I always viewed myself as unfocused or not serious enough when I move on to another project completely unrelated. Great to know I'm in good company 🙂
Creativity is very important for youtubers, like me, in order to get out of the pattern you have to be creative and find new ways of doing things, this is very helpfull for me
Basically, good time management, taking note of every idea that came up, and organization. I work on my passion projects for 15-60 mins. when I got bored in rewriting my notes or studying for an exam. My passion project could be on photography, voice training, writing a book, or film making. When inspiration hits during a lecture, I took note of it and then work on it for at most 10 mins then go back to my main thing.
I have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and add. If I didn’t live where I had several projects going at once, I would not function as a person in society. I am so glad someone has taken something I’ve been doing for survival without even being aware of it, and understanding the purpose and potential value behind it. I have an idea that if you could understand mental illness, you can take bits of each diagnosis and put the treatments together and get the information you need to be able to solve anything a person can mentally suffer, like a manual. Instead of looking at mental illnesses like they are mutations, I would understand what went wrong and how to fix it and then prevent it from happening again. If people are only told they are doing something wrong, when are they going to learn what is correct?
This is what’s explained in the book “Range,” it’s about learning a range of different fields of work, experimenting with what you like and (whether you know it or not) apply to a different field of work. Kobe suggested it before he passed and I think it’s a gem.
Thank you! This is a description of the way I operate! And now, instead of accusing myself of having a short attention span (which isn't true) I see that I am a slow-motion multi-tasker and this may be why I'm the creativity coach instead of the creativity student! :-). I shall credit you when I recycle your idea.
Thank you for creating this video. It is so important for us to not loose touch with our creativity. Slow motion multi tasking has actually impacted my life is such a profound way. I am able to complete tasks faster, with more passion and creativity, as well as not get overwhelmed, loose interest and stressed. In my new found love for creativity and multi tasking, I have been able to open up and complete more. One of my latest interests is my new TH-cam channel, and I recently did a video on the role of creativity in our every day lives and its connection with our energy centres. TED is an amazing channel and I aspire to be as amazing one day! Wishing everyone a beautiful and creative day!
This is one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever seen. Feels like he made this for me. Throughout my life I couldn’t focus on one thing and couldn’t complete any course, because I like so many things. And everything has to be done now, quickly and in a hurry. I started to feel depressed because I still don’t know what I want. I want many things. Thank you, sir, for this video.
Excellent talk! One of my favorite thinkers, Tim Ferriss also said similar things which was about being a Specialist vs a Generalist. Leaning towards being a Generalist gives you many of the benefits that this TED speaker mentioned.
This really makes me motivated to get into everything that I find interesting, I always was stopped by the idea that that way I ultimately wouldn’t get anywhere if I just kept switching so often, but it does indeed have benefits
Thank you so much for this. I always thought it is bad to have so many interests, I even thought about giving up some of my passions just because it didn't have anything to do with another one. You always hear sth like "you need to focus one one thing and become good at that one thing", which I definitely do the opposite. I want everything!
Wow !! The way he articulated the whole idea is amazing,the best presenter ,story teller and the best salesman he could be and thanks for the idea appreciate it
I always said that multitasking is a myth. That doing several things at the same time is doing each thing poorly. BUT , "slow motion multi-tasking"... has made a believer of me. Awesome!
5:33, "Multitasking is great because it helps you unleash other skills in other fields, too". That's right. I was going to music for 7 seven years, thanks to my parents, and for this time I learned off the way to play it properly, earning seas of diplomas and etc. Thanks to my teacher, obviously. And yeah, i mean, if you can play the piano, you can master playing on violin, too. Therefore, it's so astounding to be multitasking; it simply opens up new routes for your progress.
I think what he discussed here is quite common knowledge: To be a creative thinker, you need to "explore" different fields. However, if you want to become a master at something, you need lazer focus on a particular path/field.
My learnings - + Secret of creativity is multitasking in slow motion +Creativity often comes when you take wn idea from its original context and you move it somewhere else +If we want to be better at what we do,maybewe should spend some time doing something else + You have to be everything +Make a list of your projects . Put fown your phone.pick up a couple of cardboard boxes and get to work. Remember The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt!!
Look, man, the top scientists of the day, who were brilliant enough to focus on several topics, switched topics often. And it's definitely because they switched often.
At some point he mentioned "however the mood swings" so I don't think you really need to worry about for how long you must work on one thing before changing the topic. I think you should do whatever you feel like. And it often happens that if you don't work on one project for long enough it kinda goes out of hand and you think to yourself that hmm maybe nothing would come out of it now but ig what I took away from this was that I still shouldn't let those older projects go and just let them sit around until sometime I feel like diving back in or maybe the first step to dive back in would have to be made voluntarily but once you're in, it's easier to swich however you feel lile
as a gifted writer with steady success, I have learned that everything want to visit a different room and be presented in another way. Be present among different things and different fields and just move it to another room and present it another way, more mysterious.
Sat here listening to this and adding things to a video edit. Not quite the multi-tasking Tim was talking about but I completely agree with what he said. Leaving something and going off to do something different always gives me clarity or a new idea or a solution to the thing I was working on before. Slow motion multi-tasking is a great way of putting it! Great talk!
Not in the same time. I hated my brother so much. I am noe happier then I was before. But If I could have it without.my brother then YES - no duties, innocent thinking and happiness i
I got something from this video which I always thought was impossible.... After watching this, I'm sure something will change in my lifestyle , Thnx a bunch Ted talk
I always felt stuck becuase I had so much interest and things I do most of the time but I always felt forced to try so many and master none, the jack of all trades. Mastering my strengths and then it opening more options for my creative growth is so amazing. This helps me feel less insecure about feeling stagnant, I'm a work in progress and that will reflect in the best way.
Before I watching this video, i'd thought oh multi-tasking, those who can do it sounds " okay they are simply effecient and maybe great " and socially accepted much more but at the same time, sometime some question hit me , such as did they really commit to one project or one study whatever it may concern, however, baking in the days in past, I realized I shifted my work type or studying subject whenever I feel oh that's enough or I'm in stuck, there's no point in keeping on thinking. Then I shift from one to anothe. As he mentioned, it clears our mind. It gives us atypical thinking process, like an unique idea pops up abruptly off the basic rules, in other words, It may cause paradigmatic shift you know. As such, It enables us to conflate ideas which are totally different through multi-tasking. But one note is that when we pay attention to, our momentum goes more and more separated. To some extend, it lose reality, coherence, specificity, and cause chaos. So it's better to keep within one or a bit more frames while multi-tasking and keep not to rush.
I completely agree! Embracing slow-motion multitasking can lead to incredible breakthroughs. I've found that when I switch between projects, my creativity flourishes-like when I took up painting while working on a writing project. It’s amusing how often we get stuck in our heads, feeling pressure to produce instantly, only to realize humor often thrives in the unexpected. The Sense of Humor Improvement Program by Habit10x taught me that humor can lighten the mood and provide a fresh perspective. Let’s celebrate the beauty of exploring multiple interests; you never know what genius might emerge!
What came to mind while watching this is that the genius scientists Harford cites is that they were doing things they were interested in. The person writing an email during dinner is avoiding dinner with family. Just a thought. Another slow motion multitasking example: Joe Rogan; comedian, podcaster, martial artists, and UFC commentator.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ❤❤❤ I got stuck because “people around” would judge about my jumping around doing one thing after another. It was the worse time of my life to have believed those who say I cannot do 2 things at the same time.
I believe everyone multitasks to an extent. You will unconsciously work on problems while you are busy doing other things. I remember taking a calculus exam and was stumped by one question. I kept coming back to it. I knew that I knew how to do it but couldn't recall the "key." While driving home and sorting out the next morning's schedule the answer came to me. I've had quite a number of these "aha's" in which I was off-task and concentrating on something else when the solution appears.
Ahh, that filled me with confidence, and naturally that's exactly what I'm doing in the year from that I've taken after completing my 12th standard. Currently writing a book, working on an algorithm(a science paper), learning machine learning, statistics and web development...
Sharing this with the wife so she understands me better. Also side note, I've got chess puzzle stats for 10 years now. And every time I step away for an extended period and come back, there is a massive jump in elo and progression. I started at 500 elo and currently between 2200 -2300. Have the stats as prof. Very intresting
This material is first-rate. A book I read with related topics was transformational for me. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze
"...Diversification of activities is the secret mental health..." - Manly P. Hall (another one of a kind in this world) I've always loved that 👾 TYsm, this was great. Much Love
I don’t think ‘multitasking’ is such a great wording for the label. It’s more like having multiple interests, so you can take a breather from one you’re stuck in. I guess the the speaker saw having a project/hobby as a task thus the ‘multitasking’. However, the talk give insight to how everything, can be connected in one way or the other. Similar to how having multiple experts from varying fields can help give a better overall picture. Thank you for the video ❤️
I LOVED your content!!! I am given the liberty to not have to succeed quickly with one endeavor. Also the liberty to dive into another interest that takes time to learn and master overtime! THANK YOU!
Wow, I am feeling so inspired right now and I felt so happy while watching this video because I noticed that most of the things he said I already do in my daily life!! Thank you so much for this! I am feeling inspired to continue learning the things I want to and finish my projects
Makes sense because ultimately the ideas emerge from subconscious and multitasking is perfect for this to occur. Simple example if you have the word on the tounge just stop thinking about it, it will pop in the mind at right time without you even asking for it.
I think I have heard of this. It was a question on one of those "Do you have adult ADHD?" quizes you find attached to advertisements for pharma. "Do you have trouble focusing on one task, jumping from one to the next but never completing any of the things you set out to achieve?" So basically I've learned that Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Twila Tharpe, and Michael Crighton probably could have used some Ritalin.
4:47 "Creativity often comes when you take an idea from its original context and you move it somewhere else." Wow that's the best definition of creativity I've ever heard! 👏
When did he say this?
@@briannaboo4605 4:47
this is called inspiration my friend.
@@adil4402 real artist Don't copy ,he steals the work.
That's what he meant at that time lapse
What does it means?
I really, really thank you, because all the time I kinda hated myself for having too much interests, which would disable me to gain mastery in any of these, but maybe exactly that could be my greatest strength. So thanks for letting me realizing it.
Yes, quite true... Even I used to feel that way for a large part of my early life... Cheers to multitasking
A nice talk... That's done a lot reenforcement for my constant multitasking urges...
I used to beat myself over not being able to 'master' anything. I had friends who found their calling in life years ago and I am still here, switching between interests regularly. I never realised it is something not only completely normal but also incredibly useful in my field of study (theatre). This talk has saved my sanity.
I think the same! Glad for not be alone
I am the same! This talk added to my hopes a lot ❤️
Creativity is a valuable skill that should be formally taught.
Somehow, I feel like that would destroy the concept
I agree that creativity is an extremely valuable skill, although, I disagree that it should be formally taught. Not everything in life needs to be taught in a classroom. Why do we try to force certain natural human skills and morals into some sort of formal schooling? I think we are naturally creative and curious creatures! We have these skills built into us and they are fed by freedom; in your thinking, to follow your interests and to just live life and experience the world in your own way and your own time. Formal schooling of these kind of skills would destroy them. Learning is so natural to us, why do people underestimate our natural ability to learn so much and think we somehow need to be shown or spoon fed information in order to learn anything. This is just my opinion, I'm open to hearing anyone else's :)))
That's right.🔥🔥
Creativity is indeed a valuable skill but if we were to teach it in a way that has limitations, it will be a bit difficult to harness creativity. Let's admit it, formal schooling doesn't teach everything. Not all knowledge comes from schools. It all depends on the person learning, if he/she were given freedom to dig deep into their minds then they can enhance their creativity. They must learn it themselves rather than having someone else teach it to them, it all comes down to developing their minds.
Also, the fact that formal schooling includes setting certain criterias, we are not really sure if the critic fully understands the whole work or project. It can be used as reference on where to improve yes, but what it doesn't tell is how much of an improvement you need. It simply sets a certain goal to be completed, which should not even exist. Because of this, it limits the person's freedom in making creative works or ideas.
@@Tranquil_Valley I whole heartily agree to this! I write lyrics with zero education and though it may not be great to anyone else but me 😂 throughout the years of experiencing life and the freedom to learn at my own pace ive seen development and improvement that simply made me astonished at myself. The reason i agreed with you is because I spent hours and hours doing research on creativity and for a good time I felt I was writing the way someone else would. So I would like to add to this comment. Creativity i dont think could really be taught but the idea of creativity could be. Example: If someone told you listening to all different types of music could inspire creativity within your lyrics or flow, it may not work for you but it could work for others.. But its soo much more complex than that. You could randomly bump into a person who said 10 words you never heard before and it may spark some creativity. You could experience trauma, ecstasy, or just a 5 second sensation from lets say a leaf falling slowly could turn on that creativity switch. Ive learned my creativity comes most from learning new things. I wouldn't say that I necessarily agreed with some ideas or opinions but more my own thoughts and outlook of the experience. I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions 💯 and thank you for posting this comment!
Biggest takeaway from this video is something that I think we are all aware of anyway. Enjoy life. Yes, it sounds simple, but so few people do. Simply move towards things that you enjoy, and distance yourself from things that you don't. The more you enjoy something, the 'better' you become at it. The more things you enjoy, the more similarities you can see across all of those subjects. Let's try to stop looking for that holy grail meaning for existence, because there isn't one. No one and nothing matters. Only your relative enjoyment and happiness does. The happy individual is a powerful person indeed. Perhaps this is why the media would rather you live in fear, because a scared and uncreative populus is an easy to control one. Just my two cents.
Wow 🙏
Nietzsche are you still alive?
@@an1megraphics627 Alive and kicking boy! ;)
@@jezzermeii good for you
Thanks for the reminder. My sentiment exactly. 🌸
Back in 1987 I was a freshman in college. I opened up the college catalog and was excited by EVERYTHING. I wanted to take classes all over the campus. However, I was told that I needed to pick a major, and by end of sophomore year I was derailed. I chose to take time off to “find myself”. Now I’m 54 and have never finished my BS/BA. If I could take everything that I found exciting without putting myself into a box, I’d have a triple doctorate by now. I understand the need to specialize…but I also think you learn at a deeper level when you can discover how different subjects can be similar. I’m disgruntled that our current educational system doesn’t foster the love of learning because it forces us into predictable boxes.
Same here...
This is why my second major was "interdisciplinary inquiry"! Basically they let me make up a major of everything else I was interested in. Of course even then I couldn't take classes on everything, but I feel fortunate that I was able to take such a wide variety and get credit for it.
My business teacher told us today, flat out: “school is here to prepare you for the work force.” He didn’t mean it in a positive way either.
@ Yeah, and I had hoped it was to encourage a love of lifelong learning and critical thinking. I have hopes that someday it will change.
It's so refreshing to hear this. Since I was a kid I've been called out for starting projects and not finishing them and at the time I felt guilty about this. Now, thinking back it it was the natural thing to do since I am a heavy slow multitasker and there was no way to finish ALL the things I started, even though in the end the things I've learnt some way or the other stayed in my life.
It's most difficult for me though to choose how I spend my time and to compromise with something now it's become a work of observation to see where I naturally lean on.
I have a ballet academy for 31 years. Besides I speak 5 languages. Sing opera and in church and write books for children. Yes ,it is posible, the name is : love for the process
I’ve spent my entire adult life fighting the urge to slow-motion multitask because it’s counter to what we’re told/learn is the “right” way to progress. “A change is as good as a rest” as they say. Some of us need that rest, or as I like to see it incubation time, where the subconscious does a lot of the work for us.
Slow-motion multitasking just feels intuitive to me, and everytime I try to fight it I just end up getting in my way.
I come back to this video often as a reminder of that. Thanks Tim for justifying why some of us should embrace this work style.
Indeed, exposing yourself to various things is good for your brain. Life is an ongoing process of change and should be treated as such. Getting stuck at repeating the same things will absolutely kill your creativity. Thank you for this great talk!
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Thank you. I no longer feel like a freak for having so many interests and projects on the go! I started to write my ideas in notes in folders on my phone. It's helped my focus. I have also started to journal, plan and schedule my time for different projects :)
What kind of projects do you do
@@kramarancko1107 CAD & interior design projects. Also I have an online shop called Furnship. What do you do?
Me too!
Slow Motion Multitasking sounds like being completely mindful at all times.
Broad interests but also working on broad range of projects so that you can switch when you feel a block.
this is the content i desperately need! i've been feeling uncreative because of demotivation to work on creative projects. but now, i am determined to work on my creativity and let it bloom to the best of my capacity.
I do this. One aspect where ADHD is a gift. Start on first project, and take a break to do next project, then come back to first project before the burnout sets in, while also working on the day-to-day in between. I am most productive this way. I waste time if I try to do some things start to finish in a short time.
The trick for me is to spend the right amount of time on it - enough to focus, but un-focus when I hit a stopping point or a block so I can maintain clarity for each set of tasks.
"Creativity is intelligence having fun." -- Albert Einstein
Thank you for this! I am getting used to embracing my creative side.
I often find myself when I focus on other subjects than the one I love the most. When I come back to the one I love the most I feel smarter and feel I perform better. It's crazy how I'm only finding this video now!
Same here!
‘ Secret of creativity is multitasking in slow-motion’ *pooooooof* I’m blown. I thought multi-tasking is not good 😬 therefore resulting to not being good/focussed at everything I multitask on... but I’ve always believed that I become better when I multitask. I just can’t seem to figure out how.. but now there we go...
i suppose it's not multitasking, calling it "slow-motion multitasking" is just labelling it as something that it's not.
Multitasking is when you do 2 or more think at the same time.
Jumping between projects is not multitasking, but it's good for the brain since the brain receives new information and has time to process the old information.
I'm the same way. When I get stuck on one thing I switch onto something else and when I come back to the previous thing my subconscious has figured a bunch of stuff out by then.
I think this is similar to the idea of polymath or 'the renaissance man' who excels at multiple subjects
it’s like when you teacher says don’t focus on a question to long move on to another then come back to it later
yup. 👏🏾 You waste more time staying stuck on one question then just moving on and coming back later
I'm so grateful to have received this information through this talk. It has given me permission to move where my inspiration takes me each day. I always viewed myself as unfocused or not serious enough when I move on to another project completely unrelated. Great to know I'm in good company 🙂
Creativity is very important for youtubers, like me, in order to get out of the pattern you have to be creative and find new ways of doing things, this is very helpfull for me
Basically, good time management, taking note of every idea that came up, and organization.
I work on my passion projects for 15-60 mins. when I got bored in rewriting my notes or studying for an exam. My passion project could be on photography, voice training, writing a book, or film making. When inspiration hits during a lecture, I took note of it and then work on it for at most 10 mins then go back to my main thing.
"You have to be all things" - love it
I have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and add. If I didn’t live where I had several projects going at once, I would not function as a person in society. I am so glad someone has taken something I’ve been doing for survival without even being aware of it, and understanding the purpose and potential value behind it. I have an idea that if you could understand mental illness, you can take bits of each diagnosis and put the treatments together and get the information you need to be able to solve anything a person can mentally suffer, like a manual. Instead of looking at mental illnesses like they are mutations, I would understand what went wrong and how to fix it and then prevent it from happening again. If people are only told they are doing something wrong, when are they going to learn what is correct?
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts
Churchill
Don't often like quotes but I love this one
Inspiring. This man really puts a new twist on creativity. Encouraging us to never give up on our creative ideas and endeavors.
This is what’s explained in the book “Range,” it’s about learning a range of different fields of work, experimenting with what you like and (whether you know it or not) apply to a different field of work. Kobe suggested it before he passed and I think it’s a gem.
Thank you! This is a description of the way I operate! And now, instead of accusing myself of having a short attention span (which isn't true) I see that I am a slow-motion multi-tasker and this may be why I'm the creativity coach instead of the creativity student! :-). I shall credit you when I recycle your idea.
As a person with ADD I'm an expert at slow motion multitasking. Finishing all tasks is another topic though 😅
This.
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Yo this me irl
YES
Thank you for creating this video. It is so important for us to not loose touch with our creativity. Slow motion multi tasking has actually impacted my life is such a profound way. I am able to complete tasks faster, with more passion and creativity, as well as not get overwhelmed, loose interest and stressed.
In my new found love for creativity and multi tasking, I have been able to open up and complete more. One of my latest interests is my new TH-cam channel, and I recently did a video on the role of creativity in our every day lives and its connection with our energy centres.
TED is an amazing channel and I aspire to be as amazing one day!
Wishing everyone a beautiful and creative day!
This is one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever seen. Feels like he made this for me. Throughout my life I couldn’t focus on one thing and couldn’t complete any course, because I like so many things. And everything has to be done now, quickly and in a hurry. I started to feel depressed because I still don’t know what I want. I want many things. Thank you, sir, for this video.
4:53 thinking Outside the box
Kya khubsurat baat kahi hain ♥️
Excellent talk! One of my favorite thinkers, Tim Ferriss also said similar things which was about being a Specialist vs a Generalist. Leaning towards being a Generalist gives you many of the benefits that this TED speaker mentioned.
Very interesting being a student of Tim Ferris. I loved the way he brought his argument forward.
I am doing slow-motion multitasking while watching this TED video. I do that all the time. No wonder why I'm so creative. LOL.
"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood."
This really makes me motivated to get into everything that I find interesting, I always was stopped by the idea that that way I ultimately wouldn’t get anywhere if I just kept switching so often, but it does indeed have benefits
Thank you so much for this. I always thought it is bad to have so many interests, I even thought about giving up some of my passions just because it didn't have anything to do with another one. You always hear sth like "you need to focus one one thing and become good at that one thing", which I definitely do the opposite. I want everything!
Wow !! The way he articulated the whole idea is amazing,the best presenter ,story teller and the best salesman he could be and thanks for the idea appreciate it
I always said that multitasking is a myth. That doing several things at the same time is doing each thing poorly. BUT , "slow motion multi-tasking"... has made a believer of me. Awesome!
"its easier to think outside the box if you spend your time clambering from one box into another." that is such a great quotes
5:33, "Multitasking is great because it helps you unleash other skills in other fields, too". That's right. I was going to music for 7 seven years, thanks to my parents, and for this time I learned off the way to play it properly, earning seas of diplomas and etc. Thanks to my teacher, obviously. And yeah, i mean, if you can play the piano, you can master playing on violin, too. Therefore, it's so astounding to be multitasking; it simply opens up new routes for your progress.
Brilliant! A compelling and concise delivery. Pragmatic, practical and accessible. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I have found that doing two things at once, (in my case trail running and landscape painting) increase creativity, divergent thinking and mood.
Be curious, keep exploring.. keep discovering.. never stop
I think what he discussed here is quite common knowledge: To be a creative thinker, you need to "explore" different fields.
However, if you want to become a master at something, you need lazer focus on a particular path/field.
My learnings -
+ Secret of creativity is multitasking in slow motion
+Creativity often comes when you take wn idea from its original context and you move it somewhere else
+If we want to be better at what we do,maybewe should spend some time doing something else
+ You have to be everything
+Make a list of your projects . Put fown your phone.pick up a couple of cardboard boxes and get to work.
Remember
The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt!!
You don't hear about the millions of people who do 'slow-motion multitasking' but never finish anything, do you?
Of course you do. They have a disease called ADD.
Look, man, the top scientists of the day, who were brilliant enough to focus on several topics, switched topics often. And it's definitely because they switched often.
@@ontherockswithsalt560 that's not a disease that's a mental epidemic caused by technology
I am one of them.
They are called moms, and yes, their work is never done.
This is such an interesting concept. It’s seems counter intuitive yet also completely relevant. Great stuff!
Does multitasking lead to creativity or the creative mind enables you to multitask?
Neither. The fear is what makes people start multitasking and being creative and love is what keeps it sustained.
Sounds like a chicken and egg problem.
The creative mind enables you to multitask
@@theaxisofinsight If I remember it correctly scientists concluded that eggs came before chicken 😅
Multitasking itself is an act of creativity. While it is the art of management, the creative people are going to do it
so inspirational and helpful in a time of anxiety and creative block. thank you.
Now i can multitask between looking up pictures of cows and petting my dogs. So epic. Thank you so much
They say I am a master of none because I have many interests but I see a light on this...
Question is what should be the time gap between two tasks?
feel it out
When you have more interest in doing the next task and it calls out to you put the first task on hold. See where you go from there and repeat.
the time you need for the third task
Good and important question 💯
At some point he mentioned "however the mood swings" so I don't think you really need to worry about for how long you must work on one thing before changing the topic. I think you should do whatever you feel like. And it often happens that if you don't work on one project for long enough it kinda goes out of hand and you think to yourself that hmm maybe nothing would come out of it now but ig what I took away from this was that I still shouldn't let those older projects go and just let them sit around until sometime I feel like diving back in or maybe the first step to dive back in would have to be made voluntarily but once you're in, it's easier to swich however you feel lile
as a gifted writer with steady success, I have learned that everything want to visit a different room and be presented in another way. Be present among different things and different fields and just move it to another room and present it another way, more mysterious.
Sat here listening to this and adding things to a video edit. Not quite the multi-tasking Tim was talking about but I completely agree with what he said. Leaving something and going off to do something different always gives me clarity or a new idea or a solution to the thing I was working on before. Slow motion multi-tasking is a great way of putting it! Great talk!
Powerful concept! And I think I'm currently doing this, having multiple creative endeavours that keep me on the edge and dynamic!
Doesn't everyone wish that they were a kid again
Kids don't.
It would be the same story all over again...
Spongebob SquarePants nah
Oh u ask me to study...all kgs and grades again.... Guys I wish the education system get changed...
Not in the same time. I hated my brother so much. I am noe happier then I was before. But If I could have it without.my brother then YES - no duties, innocent thinking and happiness i
I got something from this video which I always thought was impossible.... After watching this, I'm sure something will change in my lifestyle ,
Thnx a bunch Ted talk
I always felt stuck becuase I had so much interest and things I do most of the time but I always felt forced to try so many and master none, the jack of all trades. Mastering my strengths and then it opening more options for my creative growth is so amazing. This helps me feel less insecure about feeling stagnant, I'm a work in progress and that will reflect in the best way.
Creativity is substitute to Philosophy, creation is the art piece and elements of creation are science
Philosophy is a study of reality, creativity is something a baby can do.
Damn bro!!!
I was serious :)@@sarvfatehsingh8531
True, but reality itself is science …...@@CyberCheese392. Science is knowing, while art is doing…..and philosophy bridges these two together!!!
@@pcg259 Art and science will never contribute to things such as ethics or morality.
Easily one of my favorite Ted Talks that I've ever seen
Is slow motion multitasking just having broad interests?
Before I watching this video, i'd thought oh multi-tasking, those who can do it sounds " okay they are simply effecient and maybe great " and socially accepted much more but at the same time, sometime some question hit me , such as did they really commit to one project or one study whatever it may concern, however, baking in the days in past, I realized I shifted my work type or studying subject whenever I feel oh that's enough or I'm in stuck, there's no point in keeping on thinking. Then I shift from one to anothe. As he mentioned, it clears our mind. It gives us atypical thinking process, like an unique idea pops up abruptly off the basic rules, in other words, It may cause paradigmatic shift you know. As such, It enables us to conflate ideas which are totally different through multi-tasking. But one note is that when we pay attention to, our momentum goes more and more separated. To some extend, it lose reality, coherence, specificity, and cause chaos. So it's better to keep within one or a bit more frames while multi-tasking and keep not to rush.
I have a creative project that's been in the making for 40 years. I must get it out of its box. Thanks for the reminder.
I have encountered a few happy people who really enjoy what they're doing. They are powerful indeed. It seems like they are in control.
My life would not be possible without this kind of multitasking
I completely agree! Embracing slow-motion multitasking can lead to incredible breakthroughs. I've found that when I switch between projects, my creativity flourishes-like when I took up painting while working on a writing project.
It’s amusing how often we get stuck in our heads, feeling pressure to produce instantly, only to realize humor often thrives in the unexpected. The Sense of Humor Improvement Program by Habit10x taught me that humor can lighten the mood and provide a fresh perspective.
Let’s celebrate the beauty of exploring multiple interests; you never know what genius might emerge!
Slow motion multitasking. Mind blown!! Great video
Awesome talk. Nothing done well is insignificant. Pay attention to the signals when they show up in your life and let no challenge stop you.
""Your Rockets keep crashing""-Elon Musk
""Nobody wants to publish your book about a school of Wizards""-J.K Rowling
What came to mind while watching this is that the genius scientists Harford cites is that they were doing things they were interested in. The person writing an email during dinner is avoiding dinner with family. Just a thought.
Another slow motion multitasking example: Joe Rogan; comedian, podcaster, martial artists, and UFC commentator.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ❤❤❤ I got stuck because “people around” would judge about my jumping around doing one thing after another. It was the worse time of my life to have believed those who say I cannot do 2 things at the same time.
After watching this video I feel like I could do more than what I'm now...
In a world that is fast paced and full of opportunity, this is the future of thinking to maximize your potential
"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou
Thank you for this inspiring talk. The examples are wonderful!
I believe everyone multitasks to an extent. You will unconsciously work on problems while you are busy doing other things. I remember taking a calculus exam and was stumped by one question. I kept coming back to it. I knew that I knew how to do it but couldn't recall the "key." While driving home and sorting out the next morning's schedule the answer came to me. I've had quite a number of these "aha's" in which I was off-task and concentrating on something else when the solution appears.
Ahh, that filled me with confidence, and naturally that's exactly what I'm doing in the year from that I've taken after completing my 12th standard. Currently writing a book, working on an algorithm(a science paper), learning machine learning, statistics and web development...
multitasking is reading the comments while watching the video
Sharing this with the wife so she understands me better. Also side note, I've got chess puzzle stats for 10 years now. And every time I step away for an extended period and come back, there is a massive jump in elo and progression. I started at 500 elo and currently between 2200 -2300. Have the stats as prof. Very intresting
Thank you Tim
This talk is so motivational! ❤
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT . THANK YOU VERY MUCH .
This material is first-rate. A book I read with related topics was transformational for me. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze
"...Diversification of activities is the secret mental health..." - Manly P. Hall (another one of a kind in this world) I've always loved that 👾
TYsm, this was great. Much Love
I don’t think ‘multitasking’ is such a great wording for the label. It’s more like having multiple interests, so you can take a breather from one you’re stuck in. I guess the the speaker saw having a project/hobby as a task thus the ‘multitasking’.
However, the talk give insight to how everything, can be connected in one way or the other. Similar to how having multiple experts from varying fields can help give a better overall picture.
Thank you for the video ❤️
It's multiple monotasking not multitasking
Myrrah Well said 😄
Wow really insightful❤
Thank you so much!
I LOVED your content!!!
I am given the liberty to not have to succeed quickly with one endeavor.
Also the liberty to dive into another interest that takes time to learn and master overtime!
THANK YOU!
Thank you. That was great❤
one of the greatest talks of all time
Wow, I am feeling so inspired right now and I felt so happy while watching this video because I noticed that most of the things he said I already do in my daily life!! Thank you so much for this! I am feeling inspired to continue learning the things I want to and finish my projects
That’s super cool!!
Thank you so much. One of the most epiphanic moments Ive experienced
Makes sense because ultimately the ideas emerge from subconscious and multitasking is perfect for this to occur. Simple example if you have the word on the tounge just stop thinking about it, it will pop in the mind at right time without you even asking for it.
Thanks TED🌎
I think I have heard of this. It was a question on one of those "Do you have adult ADHD?" quizes you find attached to advertisements for pharma.
"Do you have trouble focusing on one task, jumping from one to the next but never completing any of the things you set out to achieve?"
So basically I've learned that Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Twila Tharpe, and Michael Crighton probably could have used some Ritalin.
I do say Sir; a brilĺiant presentation. Thank you!
Thank you very much for this speach. You give us the secret of creativity!
REMEMBER ------>
~ Stay positive!
~ Keep creative!
YES! My life explained. Slow-motion multitasking!