54. Do You Really Need a Muse to Be Creative?
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I watched Love Actually. Oh, you did? I hope you loved it. Did you love it? It was fine.
Oh my god. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to you. Listening to No Stupid Questions.
Today on the show, how do you access creativity? There is nothing you can do to make the muse strike you and not the person who's standing next to you. Also, why are humans so bad at planning for the future? In the long run, we're all dead. Stephen, I'm gonna read you a note that we received from Carolie Morrison, who really has the best question here.
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