Abstract
Productive and rewarding scholarship and research do not come easily. They require certain personal traits and practices. Some characteristics must already be part of the individual; other personality features, including creativity, can be improved with practice.
My life is what I have done, my scientific work; the one is inseparable from the other. The work is the expression of my inner development.
—C. G. Jung
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Smith, R.V. (1990). Attitudes, Commitments, and Creativity. In: Graduate Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7410-5_2
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