She is a self-taught vegetarian cook, practices yoga, and is passionate about physical movement, creativity, and self-care.

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The abilities I have usually focused on are intelligence, creativity, self-control, and, of course, mathematical skill.

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It rewards saving, thrift, hard work, innovation, honesty, thinking about others, self-discipline, creativity and all the other qualities you normally associate with decent people and financial progress.

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If those 42% of people are anything like me, that so-called boredom now arrives sooner than the random thoughts that can lead to self-reflection, creativity or just a few seconds of nothingness.

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Importantly also for London, Wiggins' triumph provided a sporting counterpoint as memorable as Danny Boyle's opening ceremony, which had celebrated homegrown diversity, creativity and self-confidence with an intelligence, irreverence and humanity that set a distinctly British tone in contrast to the shock-and-awe spectacular of Beijing four years ago.

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The giving also reflects Mr. Alpert's belief in the importance of pairing talent with self-discipline to hone creativity.

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Going with the flow causes our obsession with self to recede and allows genuine creativity to emerge.

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