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Blockages that keep creative ideas from fully developing:*

Adapted from: Wake up your creative genius, by Hanks, Kurt, and Parry, Jay. Los Altos, CA: William Kaufmann, Inc., 1983(1st ed.) 1991(2nd ed.)

Tradition

Control

Overspecialization

Negativism

Prejudice

Fear of failure

Impatience

Uniformity

Fear of Ridicule

Conceit

Lack of Funding

Confusion

 

 

Insecurity

Jealousy

Group Pressure

Laziness

Apathy

Lack of Commitment 

Lack of Support

Intolerance

Tenseness

Fear of Change

Toxic Nostalgia

 

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