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Rulesfor Class of 2011
Tina Seelig, the much-lauded Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the entrepreneur center at Stanford University’s School of Engineering was the commencement speaker. Seelig laid out her advice for the graduating class and shared three keys that would help unlock creativity. Seelig said “The first key to unlocking your creativity is observation - paying acute attention to the world around you, the second key is to carefully craft the frame for the problems you face, opening up the frame when needed, and the third key is cultivating an attitude that you can solve your problems.”
Seelig concluded, saying that all the keys to life’s problems are found in the cultivation of creativity and that “every word, every situation, and every challenge” is an opportunity for creativity to flourish.
The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson