Failure and Creativity

Ronald A. Beghetto

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Failure and Creativity

Ronald A. Beghetto

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The fear of failure is one of the biggest obstacles in moving forward with creative work. People need to be supported in anticipating and working through creative failures. Failures open up broad horizons of creative possibility by indicating that additional thought and action are needed to move forward. Although creativity is risky, it can be viewed as a beautiful risk because even if our efforts do not work out, we can still learn from them as we strive to make a creative contribution.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Creativity and Innovation
Subtitle of host publication	Theory, Research, and Practice, Second Edition
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	241-248
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000498509
ISBN (Print)	9781032204635
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003233923-20
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

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General Psychology

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