Do Creative People Lie More Than Others?
Creative people are liars.
It’s a fact. A recent study conducted by professors from Harvard and Duke University have identified that creative people have a problem with honesty.
According to the study that was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the same people who are gifted with looking at problems differently – seeing things others don’t – and have the “intellectual spark to think outside the box” are prone to drift into indulgences like telling lies, cheating, and general dishonesty.
And you know what…it’s true.
Creative people are liars.
The odd thing is, the lies start with us lying to ourselves.
- We lie to ourselves when we believe we aren’t good enough.
- We lie to ourselves when we believe that God didn’t give us the gifts that make us unique.
- We lie to ourselves when we believe we always have to fit in or be accepted.
- We lie to ourselves when we believe that the work is too hard.
- We lie to ourselves when we believe that our dreams are too big.
- We lie to ourselves when we believe that everyone should understand us.
- We lie to ourselves when we believe that we don’t have the ability to change the world through the art we are creating.
Stop telling lies.
Stop believing lies.
We are the ones who have been chosen to write this chapter of history.
What will your page say today? What lies will you stop believing? 
More from Stephen Brewster or visit Stephen at stephenbrewster.me
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