“Overall, the more positive a personâs mood on a given day, the more creative thinking he did that day.” There was even a carryover effect for the next two days after.
Want to be more creative? Get happy.
Via The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work:
Our diary study revealed a definitive connection between positive emotion and creativity. We looked at specific emotions as well as overall mood (the aggregate of a personâs positive and negative emotions during the day). Overall, the more positive a personâs mood on a given day, the more creative thinking he did that day. Across all study participants, there was a 50 percent increase in the odds of having a creative idea on days when people reported positive moods, compared with days when they reported negative moods.
And:
We even found a surprising carryover effect showing that creativity follows from positive emotion. The more positive a personâs mood on a given day, the more creative thinking he did the next dayâand, to some extent, the day after thatâeven taking into account his moods on those later days. This may be due to what psychologists call an incubation effect. Pleasant moods stimulate greater breadth in thinkingâgreater cognitive variationâwhich can linger and even build over a day or more. Such cognitive variation can lead to new insights at work.
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Title | Is a happy day a creative day? |
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Author | Eric Barker |
Date | June 20, 2012 6:24 PM UTC (11 years ago) |
Blog | bakadesuyo |
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Original Link | https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/06/is-a-happy-day-a-creative-day/ |
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