Page 56 - A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

Criticism makes us better: By exposing our work to others, and by externalizing it so
we can inspect it ourselves, we gain unique perspective and insight and develop new
and improved plans for the next version.
Be willing to be disagreeable. There is a negative correlation between the level of
creativity and “agreeableness,” so those who are the most disagreeable tend to be
most creative. Looking back at the few times when I found something novel, it was
because I challenged the existing answers. So I believe the creative way is advanced
whenever we strip a problem back to its roots and question our own assumptions
(along with assumptions suggested by others); then repeat!