“The most important thing is that the work has to be solid [in terms of its formal structure] and that the work accomplishes what it strives to achieve. It has to be genuine - not mannered or stylistically driven.” ImportantTermAchieveIntegrityImportant ThingsStructureStriveAccomplishDrivenGenuineFormalStrife Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“If you look around the world and I can tell you right now that the majority of the planet is focused on certainty and significance. And those two absolutely guarantee unhappiness. Because if you're driven by significance, it doesn't matter what you achieve, it's never enough.” IfsWorldLooksI CanTwoMatterEnoughAchievePlanetsRight NowMajorityFocusedDrivenCertaintyAround The WorldGuaranteesSignificanceUnhappiness Author:Tony Robbins
“No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven to achieve anything.” WorldWellsChildhoodAchieveThis WorldAmountDrivenHappy Childhood Author:Sue Grafton
“That attitude of arrogance, that attitude of "It's all about me. It's all about what I can get out of life now" - well, I'm personally driven by wanting to get out of my life the best I can achieve as a gift for those who come after me.” WellsI CanAttitudeAchieveDrivenArrogance Author:Sylvia Earle
“We want to avoid pain and have pleasure, so if our early attempts to achieve our dreams fail, we want to avoid the pain of future failure and rejection, so we stop trying and write it off with a broadbrush, "I'm just not driven enough, not well educated enough, not attractive enough, not smart enough."” IfsWantWritingTryingWellsEnoughDreamPainPleasureFailingAchieveSmartDrivenEducatedAttractiveRejectionOur DreamsStop TryingWell Educated Author:Tony Robbins
“I remember when I started acting and didn't get a part and was really jealous of the girl who got it. My mom would say to me, "If you don't get a part, that means it's not your part. It's just not yours. You will have your parts." It really recalibrated me at a very young age to where I could be driven because I was trying to achieve things for myself, and that had nothing to do with what anybody else was doing.” IfsTryingMeanAgeRememberYoungGirlActingAchieveMomMy MomDrivenJealousRemember WhenYoung Age Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“Competing companies evolve toward efficiency as the more efficient ones profit and expand while those who fall behind fail. And companies being efficient and profiting under the Health Impact Fund, this is exactly what we want, because the company's profit is directly driven by the health impact its registered products achieve.” WantFallBehindsCompanyFailingAchieveProductsImpactProfitDrivenEvolveFundEfficientEfficiencyCompeting Author:Thomas Pogge