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Results of past Creativity Polls. Most recent at top.
What is the greatest source of your creativity?
During what time of day are you most
creative?
Who contributes most to your creative
performance?
Who interferes most with your creative performance?
Who among these notorious national leaders do you consider the most creative?
What percent of the rest of the world is more creative than you?
Have
Microsoft's competitive practices stifled innovation?
How
has the Internet affected human creativity?
Where
are you when you get your best ideas?
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What is the greatest source of your creativity? |
| Myself (182) |
                  
42% |
| My education (20) |

4% |
| My upbringing (26) |
 
6% |
| An external, spiritual force (62) |
     
14% |
| Creativity training (18) |

4% |
| My work (12) |
2% |
| My colleagues (13) |
3% |
| My environment (93) |
        
21% |
| Total:
426 votes. |
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| During
what time of day are you most creative? |
| Morning
(36) |
             
32% |
| Afternoon
(10) |
 
9% |
| Evening
(23) |
       
20% |
| Night
(42) |
                
37% |
| Total:
111 votes. |
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| Who
contributes most to your creative performance? |
| Spouse
(9) |

7% |
| Competitors
(5) |
4% |
| Boss
(1) |
1% |
| Co-workers
(11) |

9% |
| Children
(10) |

8% |
| Yourself
(88) |
                      
71% |
| Total:
124 votes. |
|
| Who
interferes most with your creative performance? |
| Spouse
(10) |

9% |
| Competitors (6) |
4% |
| Boss (23) |
   
17% |
| Co-workers (11) |

8% |
| Children (10) |

7% |
| Yourself (69) |
                
52% |
| Total: 131 votes. |
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Who
among these notorious national leaders do you
consider the most creative?
|
| Yasir
Arafat (20) |
                                                      
19% |
| Fidel
Castro (17) |
                                              
16% |
| Bill
Clinton (33) |
                                                                                           
32% |
| Saddam
Hussein (14) |
                                     
13% |
| Vladimir
Putin (3) |
      
2% |
| Total:
102 votes. |
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What
percent of the rest of the world is more creative than you?
|
| 0
to 20% (60) |
                                                       
56% |
| 21
to 40% (24) |
                     
22% |
| 41
to 60% (12) |
         
11% |
| 61
to 80%. (5) |
   
4% |
| 81
to 100% (5) |
   
4% |
| Total:
106 votes. |
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| Have
Microsoft's competitive practices stifled innovation? |
| Definitely.
(15) |
             
15% |
| Most
likely. (30) |
                             
30% |
| Probably
not. (32) |
                               
32% |
| Definitely
not. (20) |
                   
20% |
| Total:
97 votes. |
|
How
has the Internet affected human creativity?
The Internet has been... |
| a
severe detriment to creativity. (3) |
 
2% |
| somewhat
of a detriment to creativity. (6) |
    
5% |
| neither
good nor bad for creativity. (9) |
      
8% |
| somewhat
of a benefit to creativity. (27) |
                       
25% |
| a
tremendous benefit to creativity. (62) |
                                                        
57% |
| Total:
107 votes. |
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| Where
are you when you get your best ideas? |
| In
the bathroom. (52) |
                     
22% |
| In
bed. (89) |
                                     
38% |
| In
the car. (62) |
                         
27% |
| At
work. (18) |
      
7% |
| At
the table. (8) |
 
3% |
| Total:
229 votes. |
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