Creativity

Creativity is a very important aspect of life because if you are creative than you have a chance to go far in life. Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and many others have become very succesfull based off of their creative minds. There are a couple of important things that consitute a person as creative or not:

1. Expertise - You have to have a basis of knowledge. This is not the most important thing, but it is one of the things you just need.
2. Imaginitive Thinking Skills - You have to be able to make connections and explore things in a new way.
3. A venturesome personality - You have to want to risks and go out on a limb for some of your ideas. Even if you do not think it will succeed at first, you have to try and try again. 
4. Intrinsic motivation - Arguablly, the most important aspect of creativity. You have to be self driven, and want to go out and make sure your ideas come into fruition.
5. A creative environment - You have to be surrounded by people who want the best for you, and they also have to be creative.

So, when you think about facebook, apple, and all of the other great creations of the 20th and 21st centuries, you have to look at these 5 main aspects of creativity and apply it to each of the inventors.

Mark Zuckerburg

1. Yes, he is a genius who was accepted to harvard
2. Yes, hence he came up with facebook
3. Yes, that is why he had the guts to pursue his ideas even though it might backfire and turn out to be a waste of time
4. Possibly, who knows, he may have done it for the money, but I also think wanted to change the world and make it better for all
5. Yes, harvard is a very creative environment indeed

You can do this and apply it to each of the main innovators of our time and see if it all matches up, and in most cases you will find that it does.