"Creativity means freedom. You know you're a free or wealthy person when you wake up and get to do what you like to do. Unfortunately, creativity has become a luxury. Creativity has become less and less a priority, which might be why our brains suffer when we are doing things. We would actually solve many more problems, at a higher rate of speed, if we could be more creative."

David Ollila sharing what creativity means to him on the latest episode of The Bends, Breaks, and Blends That Shape Our Future podcast.

David is the founder of 100K Ideas, and advisor for Women's Innovation Fund Accelerator, and President of Snapperhead Inventions.

David began his journey as an inventor at the age of 7- creating a thumb size cutting board after watching his mom slice bananas and has been inventing and creating businesses ever since!

David holds an incredible 16 patents spanning across hardware to technology, and through his inspiring work in growing local economies, has received numerous invites from the White House for keynote addresses.

In this episode we covered a multitude of topics, including:
- Freedom in creativity
- Infrastructure of learning today and its impact on creativity
- Creating a system to inspire and cultivate ideas
- Teaching creativity and business with your kids from day 1
- The no "high-five" rule
- Constantly showing up to push forward
- And more!

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This podcast is to inspire you to create your future.  A future you can be proud to live in.  

On this podcast, you will learn creative practices, stories from creatives themselves, and creativity in history. 

Looking to get started with an idea?  Visit troyrice.life and join a Creativity Group, sharing your idea for thoughtful and rapid feedback to help you create your future!

Go blend, break, and blend our world, your world.  Enjoy the show!