7 personality traits of creative people according to science
Discover in this story the common facts that creative people have
Creativity is often understood like the ability to create new ideas whose development serves a purpose.
Popularly, creativity is perceived as an immanent gift to a chosen few, a talent that everyone would like to possess but that only a few actually have, as a personality attribute of their own.
Numerous studies have tried to explain how people can develop these creative capacities, and therefore have detected certain keys and techniques to manage to exploit the creative potential of each subject.
Until recently, researchers had not paid much attention to the personality traits of people with creative abilities. In order to shed light on this issue, Oyvind Lund Martinsen, professor at the Norwegian School of Business (BI), conducted research to outline the personality profile of creative people.
The results of the study determined seven distinctive traits in people with remarkable creative abilities. Among all the traits reported, such as higher performance in the academic or work facets, it was a surprise to find several traits that suggest shortcomings in some aspects of the person, such as certain deficiencies in the aspect of interpersonal relationships.
The seven traits
Associative orientation
Creative people have a great imagination. They tend to create a good number of ideas, coupled with a high degree of commitment to developing them. They wander between reality and fiction.
Originality
Their nature leads them to reject social clichés, conventions, and norms. They are rebellious and feel the need to act personally according to their own criteria.
Commitment
They enjoy carrying out their plans and challenges, overcoming complicated situations until their goals are achieved. They enjoy what they do in an extraordinary way: when they work, they remain in a state of flow.
Ambition
They like to influence others, to be the center of attention and to gain recognition and social prestige. This motivates them to excel and to want to prove their worth.
Holism
Creative subjects are able to understand the different facets of situations or problems, being able to find creative and ingenious solutions. They do not stick to closed structures of thought but manage to combine different techniques, skills, and knowledge successfully, being able to create tools or artistic pieces of great value.
Emotional instability
They usually experience changing emotions and fluctuations in their mood. These symptoms are often related to self-confidence problems.
Poor sociability
They are often highly critical and tend to be reluctant to give their acceptance to others.
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