15 quotes found
“Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.”
“believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.”
“The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.”
“This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.”
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth. Not going all the way, and not starting. Siddhrtha Gautama”
“That's your opportunity--to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.”
“We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative.”
“All great programmers learn the same way. They poke the box. They code something and see what the computer does. They change it and see what the computer does. They repeat the process again and aga...”
“People have come to the erroneous conclusion that if theyre not willing to start something separate, world-changing, and risky, they have no business starting anything. Somehow, weve fooled ourselv...”
“Its okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seei...”
“The challenge, it turns out, isnt in perfecting your ability to know when to start and when to stand by. The challenge is getting into the habit of”
“One thing that most comic artists avoid is showing decisions. They show action, sure, and they show results, but they dont show (because its difficult to show) the hero or the villain making a choice.”
“Starting isnt like that. Starting something is not an event; its a series of events. You decide to walk to Cleveland. So you take a first step in the right direction. Thats starting. You spend the ...”
“I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advanceand if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate risk with failure.”
“Initiative and starting are about neither of these. They are about lets see and try. If theres no clear right answer, perhaps the thing you ought to do is something new. Something new is often the ...”
