Feb 10 2013: This is a similar question that continuously haunts me when applied in different context focusing on innovation. Does age make you a better or worse innovator, or does creating many innovations make you a better innovator? Is there such thing as the most creative years of your life?
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Years back I attended a talk a t a university in where a local entrepreneur/business man was speaking about his road to success. It was a lengthy discussion but one thing that stood out and stuck with me to this day was his philosophy on a attack now approach stating that in a persons short life time the years he/she experiences between 20 and 30 would be and is the most creative and innovative time of there life.
Years later and on back nine of this imaginary? time frame I have yet to create or contribute any life changing ideas. Will I ever?
While I dont 100% agree with this philosophy (I can name numerous entrepreneurs past this threshold) I can see some reasoning behind it (a young person tends to have less responsibilities financially/family allowing for more risk) it occasionally haunts me and I ask myself, what if what he said is true...
I pose to you TED community, is there a time frame where one will experience and then peak on their creative capabilities?
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background...
Years back I attended a talk a t a university in where a local entrepreneur/business man was speaking about his road to success. It was a lengthy discussion but one thing that stood out and stuck with me to this day was his philosophy on a attack now approach stating that in a persons short life time the years he/she experiences between 20 and 30 would be and is the most creative and innovative time of there life.
Years later and on back nine of this imaginary? time frame I have yet to create or contribute any life changing ideas. Will I ever?
While I dont 100% agree with this philosophy (I can name numerous entrepreneurs past this threshold) I can see some reasoning behind it (a young person tends to have less responsibilities financially/family allowing for more risk) it occasionally haunts me and I ask myself, what if what he said is true...
I pose to you TED community, is there a time frame where one will experience and then peak on their creative capabilities?