The ElementBy Ken Robinson, Ph.D.

This book is not just about passion & creativity, but also about diversity & discovery.

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Book review by Angela Maiers

The Element The Element is the meeting is the meeting point between natural aptitude point between natural aptitude and personal passionand personal passion.

Everyone is born Everyone is born with tremendous with tremendous

capacities for creativitycapacities for creativity.

When they are very young, kids aren'tWhen they are very young, kids aren't particularly worried about being wrongparticularly worried about being wrong..

We are all born with tremendous natural

capacities and we lose touch with many of them as we

spend more time in this world.

Being in the Element & especially "in the zone" Being in the Element & especially "in the zone" doesn't take energy away from you; doesn't take energy away from you; it gives it to you!it gives it to you!

.Too many people neverToo many people never connect with their true talentsconnect with their true talents

Instead of askingInstead of asking"How Intelligent Are You?”"How Intelligent Are You?”

We should be asking …We should be asking …

"How Are You Intelligent?""How Are You Intelligent?"

One of the surest paths for finding the One of the surest paths for finding the Element is to understand the intimate Element is to understand the intimate relationship between creativity & intelligence.relationship between creativity & intelligence.

The Element The Element describes a place describes a place where the things where the things we love to do we love to do and the things and the things we are good at we are good at come together.come together.

The Element is about discovering yourself, The Element is about discovering yourself, and you can't do this if you're and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform.trapped in a compulsion to conform.

Creativity is a step beyond imagination because it requires actually doing something rather than lie around thinking about it.

The Sequence of the Element:The Sequence of the Element:

•I Get ItI Get It•I Love ItI Love It•I Want ItI Want It•Where Is It?Where Is It?

Perhaps the Perhaps the most important most important

attitude for cultivating attitude for cultivating good fortune good fortune

is a strong sense is a strong sense of perseveranceof perseverance.

Connecting with people who Connecting with people who share the same passionsshare the same passions affirms that you're not aloneaffirms that you're not alone

We get multiple opportunities for new growth & development, & multiple opportunitiesto revitalize latent capacities.

Our best hope for the future is to develop a new paradigm of human capacity to meet a new era of human existence.

And when you find something you’re passionate about…

it no longer becomes work!

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