I believe being creative requires one to be courageous! This applies to both people and organizations. But it is only with courage that you can be persistently and insistently kind and generous and fair.' This is powerful. You can be kind for a while you can be generous for a while you can be just for a while, or merciful for a while, even loving for a while.

Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. ' I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Maya faced criticism and censorship for her great work “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”. But, leadership is not just about pleasing everybody. In order to lead, you will ruffle a few feathers along the way, (including your own) since disrupting the status quo can disrupt people’s comfort level. This amalgamation of courage and creativity can lead to people and organization success. Due to her close affiliation with world leaders, she blended courage and creativity like no one else. Maya remained a student of leadership and the creative process. The phenomenal woman inspires me each day. Seeking new creative challenges, Maya continued expanding her skills in multiple domains. “ I Know Why the Caged Bird sings” continues to be regarded as her most courageous and creative autobiographical work. Maya Angelou was an author, actor, screenwriter, dancer and poet. People also have to feel they are needed.” Maya continues to say. There has to be a climate in which new ways of thinking, perceiving, questioning are encouraged. “ Too often creativity is smothered rather than nurtured.

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