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Be Willing to Be Ridiculous
You’ll never unleash your creative genius if you fear ridicule.
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. — Oscar Wilde
Geniuses are brilliant. Geniuses explore new territory and break new ground with their know-how and expertise. Creative geniuses use imagination and creativity to make, craft, create, innovate, or invent something new in their field.
According to WebMD, a leading site on health and wellness solutions, one guiding factor that marks a genius is an insatiable curiosity, often demonstrated by a willingness to question.
As such, an insatiable curiosity means you must take risks. Those risks are often associated with doing a thing in a way it has never been done.
And as you explore, examine, and experiment with new ideas and concepts, some of your colleagues will marvel while others will ridicule you.
Why Are Many Geniuses Ridiculed?
Using your genius can bring with it ridicule. But holding back your creative intelligence causes discontentment.
Why will some of your peers and colleagues ridicule you?
- Venturing into what is unknown to those around you and exploring new ways of doing and…
