The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
– F Scott Fitzgerald
Category Archives: Creativity
Life can be….
Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact:
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it and you can build things that other people can use
– Steve Jobs
Don’t….
Don’t think what’s the cheapest way to do it or the fastest way to do it. Think what’s the most amazing way to do it!
– Richard Branson
Nine-tenths….
Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
– T E Lawrence
Great things…
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them
– Warren G Bennis
Encourage dissent…
Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil’s advocates, “variance sensors” who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really happening, between what they want to hear and what they need to hear. There are too many naked emperors running around today.
– Warren G Bennis
Innovation….
Innovation can start with wanting what does not yet exist – and finding a solution – or seeing what does not yet exist – and finding an opportunity.
– Max McKeown
There’s…
There’s no competition in destiny. Run your own race and wish others well!
– Abhishek Shukla
Some people…
Some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials within them.
– Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Everyone…
Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
– Nolan Bushnell
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