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Personal Creativity

Personal creativity is a vital souce of one's courage to act. In our core leadership programs, the Whole Thinking Retreats, we teaching spoon-carving as a method of finding and accessing personal creativity. Few have done it before, so it takes courage to try, and it often results in something very beautiful, useful, and an entirely personal and unique expression of one's hands.

There are many ways to use ones personal creativity to develop one's own courage and to inspire others to have the courage to act. We will continue to add ideas on personal creativity here. For starters, here are some great resources on carving spoons!