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How frustration can make us more creative

Tim Harford · TED

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About

Challenges and problems can derail your creative process ... or they can make you more creative than ever. In the surprising story behind the best-selling solo piano album of all time, Tim Harford may just convince you of the advantages of having to work with a little mess.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal>London
Speaker
Tim Harford
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain, Music
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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