“We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. We could be sitting in a monastery somewhere in Japan. We could be out sailing. Some of the team could be playing golf. They could be running other companies. And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it. And we think it is.” ThinkingKnowsShouldRunningLife IsDiesChanceCompanyCreativityOur LivesTeamSittingGolfChosenExcellentDamnJapanWorth ItSailingPlaying GolfMonasteriesDamn Good Author:Steve Jobs
“We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period, provided we work slowly and consistently. Anthony Trollope, the nineteenth-century writer who managed to be a prolific novelist while also revolutionizing the British postal system, observed, “A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.” Over the long run, the unglamorous habit of frequency fosters both productivity and creativity.” IfsLongRunningCan DoCreativityCenturyHabitPeriodsBeatsTasksBritishProductivityNovelistsLabourLong RunsConsistentlyUnderestimateFrequencyNineteenth CenturyOverestimateDaily Tasks Author:Gretchen Rubin
“I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.” ThinkingWantLongDifferentRunningArtistCreativityFitMusicianThriveCategoriesPerformersLong RunsVaryEntertainersVocalist Author:Christina Aguilera
“Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.” RunningCreativityInnovationCreativity And InnovationRunning A Business Author:Barbara Corcoran
“I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.” FeelsRunningRomanceBitsCreativity Author:Ellie Goulding
“Anyone who has attempted to create knows the hellishness of it, which consists in the final inescapability from it. Knows that anything, however deadly humdrum to drug the senses, is preferable to it. Knows the gigantic effort to get started on the boundless, unwieldy, shapeless material; the forest of hesitations; of what to keep and what to throw out; the running-out terror and reluctance in one of finishing.” KnowsRunningEffortCreativityMaterialsDrugFinalsTerrorSensesForestsFinishingBoundlessHesitationReluctanceHumdrum Author:Caitlin Thomas
“The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for fear everybody will laugh. Creativity has a lot to do with a willingness to take risks. Think about how children play. They run around the playground, they trip, they fall, they get up and run some more. They believe everything will be all right. They feel capable; they let go. Good businesspeople behave in a similar way: they lose $15 million, gain $20 million, lose $30 million and earn it back. If that isn't playing, I don't know what is!” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsYearsBelieveChildrenPlayRunningFallFearLosesEnemyCreativityMillionsLaughingRiskLetting GoCapableDrawsGainsNineGet UpBehaveWillingnessFearfulFreezePlaygroundsNine YearsGood BusinessChildren Playing Author:Faith Ringgold
“Creativity is a voracious animal. It needs to be fed regularly. If you leave it untended for too long, you run the risk of starving your passion and diminishing your spirit.” IfsNeedsLongRunningSpiritPassionAnimalCreativityRiskFedsStarving Author:Nancy Lam
“Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.” DoeArtRunningKidsCreativityDesignCreationGeniusDadComputerProjectsCraftsProgrammingCategoriesMumComputer ProgrammingManuscriptsHairdresserArts And Crafts Author:Tabatha Coffey
“Executives run organizations. In business, we need executives who have clarity, people who are in touch with themselves. Then, in leadership and management positions, they can be good role models and leaders. The people I know who have really moved their organizations are scrupulous role models. They are so clear about honesty, integrity, openness, mutual self-respect, dignity for the individual, and creativity, that they don't deviate from these principles at all in their behavior.” PeopleKnowsNeedsSelfRunningIndividualBusinessLeaderPrinciplesRolesCreativityClearHonestyPositionIntegrityBehaviorModelsDignityOrganizationManagementMovedBe GoodClaritySelf RespectExecutivesMutualOpennessRole ModelsLeadership And ManagementHonesty IntegrityDeviateGood Role Models Author:Michael Ray
“Creativity is an infinitely renewable resource - you are not going to run out of it - so don't be afraid to use it.” UseRunningCreativityResourcesRenewable Resources Author:Biz Stone
“...when fits of creativity run strong, more than one programmer or writer has been known to abandon the desktop for the more spacious floor.” Has BeensRunningStrongKnownCreativityFitAbandonProgrammersDesktop Author:Fred Brooks
“What's wrong with hip-hop [is that] it became so one-dimensional; it became like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so far off about making money that now everyone can do it.” RunningCan DoCreativityHip HopHipsMaking MoneyHopsBusinessman Author:M.I.A.
“I'm a big believer in getting money from where the money is, and the money is in Washington. I learned from running the Olympics that you can get money there to help build economic opportunities. We actually got over $410 million from the federal government; that is a huge increase over anything ever done before. We did that by going after every agency of government. That kind of creativity I want to bring to everything we do (in Massachusetts).” WantKindDoneHelpingBigsGovernmentRunningOpportunityCreativityMillionsEconomicHugeIncreaseBelieverAgencyOlympicsFederal GovernmentGet MoneyMassachusetts Author:Mitt Romney
“When we cut off access to certain parts of our cities to people on bikes or in wheelchairs, we're not only doing economic damage, we're also doing culture damage. New York is the culture capital of the world because people are running into each other on the street all the time. They are forced to engage in creativity and problem-solving.” PeopleWorldProblemRunningCertainCultureCitiesCreativityCuttingEconomicStreetsNew YorkAccessDamageProblem SolvingBikeWheelchairs Author:Ben Sollee
“Adidas has invested so much into this collab and into me. It'd be easy for any brand, with some of the spearheads that they have in their roster, just to say, "We got this guy and that guy over there, the Pusha T thing can just be - eh." But they haven't spared any expense, they've let their creativity run wild, and it really makes me feel that I'm a part of a family. It makes me feel like they enjoy watching the growth of Pusha T.” FeelsRunningGuyEasyEnjoyGrowthCreativityHavensBrandsExpensesThis GuyThat GuyAdidasRosters Author:Pusha T
“The way I generally work is that I do try to leave as many decisions as I possibly can to the day of, because it feels like that's where you're most in tune to what's going on. I sort of feel like my job is to be a conduit to opportunities, to maximize the creativity of the day itself - because that's when the cameras are running. That's the important thing to me.” WayFeelsTryingImportantRunningJobsOpportunityDecisionCreativityCamerasImportant ThingsTunes Author:David Mackenzie
“The themes that run through all my work are that consciousness is the ultimate reality; and that by understanding consciousness, you understand everything about yourself, about perception, about creativity, about behavior, about relationships. By understanding consciousness, you have the ability to create anything in your world. And you have the ability to influence also the collective consciousness to not only bring about personal healing, but social transformation, and ultimately healing our planet, which happens to be extremely wounded.” WorldRealityRunningUnderstandingAbilityHealingConsciousnessCreativityInfluenceBehaviorPerceptionUltimateTransformationAbout Yourself Author:Deepak Chopra
“Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running reconnects the soul to the source, inspiring hope and creativity.” ThinkingNeedsSoulRunningCreativitySourceDemandNegativeRootsWeedFewerNegative Thinking Author:Kristin Armstrong
“There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions. You run into someone, you ask what they’re doing, you say ‘wow,’ and soon you’re cooking up all sorts of ideas.” ThinkingIdeasRunningAgeAsksCreativityCrazyCookingMeetingsTemptationDiscussionWowSpontaneousEmailDoing You Author:Steve Jobs