b'INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY Very often, the most qualitative ideas appear at the end of the list.E.Overcoming the myths about creativity.The beliefs that only special, talented people are creative and that you must be born that way to have creative abilities are just fantasies.According to a study by the University of Exeter, the idea that geniuses such as Shakespeare, Picasso and Mozart weregiftedat birth is a myth. Researchers examined exceptional performance in the arts, mathematics, and sports, to determine whether the widespread belief that to achieve high levels of ability, a person must possess an innate potential called talent.The study concluded that excellence is determined by the right circumstances, encouragement, training, motivation and above all practice.Few of thegiftedshowed early signs before parental encouragement. Noonehasachievedhighlevelsofsuccessintheirfieldwithoutdevoting thousands of hours to serious training. Forexample,Mozarttrainedfor16yearsbeforeproducingarecognized masterpiece. Germain Decelles219'