Creativity Grit does not predict creativity, but visible passion does. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Ph.D. is a research scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She studies emotions in creativity, as well as how to teach creativity skills through the arts. She says that "people usually ask how creative individuals get their ideas. But, a better question might be: how do creative individuals realize their ideas? Are creative individuals unusually gritty and just stick with it, no matter what? It turns out they are not." She's identified three understandings that all creative people share. The first one is that there is no formula for success, that creativity doesn't work in regular, predictable steps. The step that matters the most is to just start. Article: The How of Creativity