Creative people are able to associate ungrouped things and disassociate grouped ones.
We, too, need the creativity to defamiliarize things, to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. If the ability to adapt is the key to survival in the animal world, the same is true for humans. In fact, the ability to change may be the defining characteristic of successful midlifers. This is a season of life where, more than ever, we must adapt to dramatic fluctuations in ourselves, our families and friends, our jobs, and the world around us. And if change is essential for success, creativity is essential for change, for creativity defines change.