"We're taught by repetition but great innovators need to be great at doing the different."

-- Ziad K. Abdelnour

#Taught Quotes #Different Quotes #Needs Quotes

“No, there's going to be no even tenor with me. The more uneven it is the happier I shall be. And when my time comes to die, I'll be able to die happy, for I will have done and seen and heard and experienced all the joy, pain, thrills â€” every emotion that any human ever had â€” and I'll be especially happy if I am spared a stupid, common death in bed.”

Source : Letter to his parents from Paris, December 5, 1919.
“The idea is that inside every human being, however unprepossessing, there is a glorious, talented, and overwhelmingly attractive personality. Nonsense. Inside each of us is a mess of unruly, primitive impulses, and these can sometimes, under the strenuous self-discipline and dedication of art, result in notable creativity.”
“I'm always worried about everything. Like spiders.”
“Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are.”
“Defensively the Red Sox are a lot like Stonehenge. They are old, they don't move, and no one is certain why they are positioned the way they are.”
“The visual quality of the cameras now is such that you can shoot with available light, and if people are willing to mount a microphone on the camera and maybe even on the subject, then you're good to go.”
“My childhood taught me nothing... zero.”
“One of the most common ways to overcome resistance to change is to educate people about it beforehand. Communication of ideas helps people see the need for and the logic of a change. The education process can involve one-on-one discussions, presentations to groups, or memos and reports.”

Source : John P. Kotter (2013). “John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do”, p.22, Harvard Business Press

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