Fish is Spelled 'Ghoti' and Creativity is 'Easy'
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BNET Australia Contributors
Brian Haverty is editorial director for CBS Interactive Australia and is responsible for the company's BNET and ZDNet Australia sites.
Robert Gerrish is a coach, author and professional speaker and the founder of Flying Solo, an Australian online community for solo business owners.
Melissa Lourenco is the HR manager for CBS Interactive in Australia.
Chris Golis is the author of The Humm Handbook: Lifting Your Level of Emotional Intelligence. He runs seminars and workshops on EQ.
Suzi Dafnis is Community Director of the Australian Businesswomen's Network.
Yvonne Adele helps organisations build a culture of ideas by teaching people at all levels to access their untapped creative thinking skills.
A couple of years ago on a flight, Tony Buzan and I were duelling with puzzles. He stumped me when he asked what a “ghoti” was.
Apparently, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was fond of pointing out the absurdities of English spelling by proving that “fish” could be spelled “ghoti”.
That is, gh as in rough, o as in women and ti as in palatial — easy, when you look at it that way.
Creativity is not normally seen as easy — as most people think it is hard to be creative or you have to be born that way. One approach in developing your creativity is to put some Energy into it; have the right Attitude that creativity is a skill we can all learn by Shifting our perceptions; and that You can do something small every day to increase your creativity.
How easy is that?
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