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How Frustration Can Make Us More Creative: Tim Hartford

In this TED-Talk, Tim Hartford talks about how Challenges and problems can derail your creative process ... or they can make you more creative than ever. In the surprising story behind the best-selling solo piano album of all time, Tim Harford may just convince you of the advantages of having to work with a little mess.

My Key take-away point are below, enjoy!

1. Sometimes our instincts are wrong.

2. We can gain unexpected advantages with having to cope with a little mess.

3. Cognitive Psychology has already proven that certain types of difficulty can improve our performance.