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"We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are."

Anais Nin

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"If everything seems under control you're not going fast enough."

Mario Andretti

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"Happiness is a singular incentive to mediocrity."

Michel Montaigne

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"What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve."

Clement Stone

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"Those who lack courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."

Albert Camus

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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

Beverly Sills

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"Success is going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

Winston Churchill

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It's better to fail in originality, than succeed in imitation.

Herman Melville

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Creativity is imagination, and imagination is for everyone.

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The point is we are all selling.

We are all in advertising.

It is part of life.

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Realize that companies' reputations are also built on one or two people. Aim to be that person or one of them.

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Don't expect top management to lead the way. They are too busy running the company.

Decide you're going to make the company great; at least decide you are going to make a difference.

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To be original, seek your inspiration from unexpected sources.

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The best people can be difficult. They are single-minded, they have tunnel vision. That's what makes them good. They are reluctant to compromise.

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This is your job.

Don't refer back to those in authority, they will play for safety.

You're on your own. FLY OR DIE.

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If you get stuck, draw with a different pen.

Change your tools, it may free your thinking.

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Be unfashionable.
Take risks.

Be like Stravinsky who said, "I don't write music, I invent it."

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Being fired often means that you are at odds with your company.

It means the job isn't right for you.

I have been fired five times, and each time my career took a step forward.

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Instead of giving people the benefit of your wit and wisdom (words), try painting them a picture.

The more strikingly visual your presentation is, the more people will remember it.

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How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

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If you are in deadlock here are a couple of tricks you might try.

1. Do the opposite of what the solution requires.
2. Look out of the window and whatever catches your eye, a bird, a television aerial, an old man on crutches or whatever, make that the solution to your problem.

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Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have.

People who do take them often end up by having more.

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Start being wrong and suddenly anything is possible.

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Being right is also being boring. Your mind is closed. You are not open to new ideas.

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Experience is the opposite of being creative.

If you can prove you're right, you're set in concrete.

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"There is nothing that is a more certain sign of insanity than to do the same thing over and over and expect the results to be different."

Einstein

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The person who doesn't make mistakes is unlikely to make anything.

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When it can't be done, do it. If you don't do it, it doesn't exist.

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If instead you undersell, pointing out the possible weaknesses and how to resolve them, should they occur, you are not only building a trusting relationship with your client but you're able to solve any problems.

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Find out what's right about your product or service and then dramatize it, like a cartoonist exaggerates an action.

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If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish.

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Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.

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People who are conventionally clever get jobs on their qualifications (the past), not on their desire to succeed (the future).

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All creative people need something to rebel against, it's what gives their lives excitement [...]

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