“The traditional path will get you only traditional results. And traditional results means performing the same as everyone else—being satisfied with mediocre or average levels.
— Mark Hughes ; ‘Buzzmarketing‘
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Momentum In Continued Improvement & Delivery Of Results
“Tremendous power exists in the fact of continued improvement and the delivery of results. Point to tangible accomplishments—however incremental at first—and show how these steps fit into the context of an overall concept that will work. When you do this in such a way that people see and feel the buildup of momentum, they will line up with enthusiasm.
— Jim Collins ; ‘Good To Great‘
Paul Graham’s Six Principles For Making New Things
“I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.
— Paul Graham, Y Combinator ; ‘Six Principles for making new things‘
Pixar’s Brad Bird On Achieving The Impossible
“The first step in achieving the impossible is believing that the impossible can be achieved. … “You don’t play it safe—you do something that scares you, that’s at the edge of your capabilities, where you might fail. That’s what gets you up in the morning.”
— Brad Bird, Pixar ; ‘Pixar’s Brad Bird on Fostering Innovation‘