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Creativity is Within Your Reach
Written by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Narrated by Michael Toms
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What does it mean to be a creative person? Here, Czikszentmihalyi tells of the results of extensive research on the subject. He shares how outstandingly creative people differ from ordinary people, and how those of us who consider ourselves more ordinary can cultivate the spark of creativity within
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