“The hallmark of creative people is their mental flexibility... Sometimes they are open and probing, at others they're playful and off-the-wall. At still other times, they're critical and faultfinding. And finally they're doggedly persistent in striving to reach their goals.” PeopleStillsSometimesGoalCreativeWallStriveCriticalFlexibilityPersistentCreative PeopleAnd OffHallmarkOff The WallProbing Book:A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, & Warrior to Be More Creative Source: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, & Warrior to Be More Creative
“When I was a kid my primary goal in life was to find a book that was alive. Not alive in the human sense, but like a thing that would send me to a place not otherwise accessible on Earth. This book should have hidden words encrypted beneath the printed ones, so that if I worked hard enough and discovered the code I would somehow end up inside the book, or the book would take on a body and consume me, revealing a secret set of rooms behind the wall in my bedroom, for instance, inside which anything could be.” IfsShouldHumansBookEndsHardEnoughBodyKidsEarthGoalRoomsSecretBehindsAliveWallShould HaveInstancePrimariesCodeBedroomRevealingPrintedLife Goal Author:Blake Butler
“If you set yourself a goal for energy usage in your house, if you have to look at a graph on your phone, you probably won't change your behavior. But if you have a clock on the wall that changes color from green to red if you're using more energy than you've planned, then that actually can change your behavior. There are a lot of things to be done in that world that actually have an impact on our daily lives.” IfsWorldLooksDoneHouseEnergyGoalColorWallBehaviorRedGreenImpactPhonesClockDaily LifeUsageGraphs Author:Werner Vogels
“Now we may have more preachers out there than we have drinkers. But a fellow told me a story one time about a man down in Kentuckywhere they make bourbon. And he said you can take a jigger or two jiggers and get by all right. But if you try to take the whole bottle why you have lost what you started with. So don't try to take it too quick. And don't try to do all of it at once. I don't do much promising. I tell what my goals are and then I try to wrap it up and put a blue ribbon on it and get it delivered. We say put the coonskin on the wall.” IfsMenTryingMaySaidTwoWholeCharacterStoriesLostGoalWallBlueFellowsDrinkingIdeologyBottlesOne TimePreacherWrapsRibbonsDrinkersBourbon Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Success is the ability to meet worthy goals, but it's also the ability to love and have compassion and the ability to get in touch with your creative center, to transform yourself toward more peaceful and just pursuits. I hope we redefine success. Otherwise, we'll see more of what we're already seeing - more aggression, more burnout, more Wall Street scandals, more war, more terrorism, more eco-destruction.” WarGoalAbilityCompassionCreativeSeeingStreetsWallDestructionWorthyTerrorismPursuitPeacefulAggressionScandalBurnoutEcoAbility To Love Author:Deepak Chopra
“I believe your success is based off what your goals are. Are you trying to feed your family or have plaques on the wall and be broke? In that case, I think the game is in a better place. We have all heard of famous artists who are broke. Then we know of artists who may have had only a song or two on radio, but have a million or two dollars off that quick come up.” ThinkingKnowsTryingBelieveMayTwoArtistSongGamesI BelieveGoalMillionsCasesHeardWallDollarsCome UpRadioBrokeOur FamilyBetter PlaceFamous Artist Author:Yo Gotti
“You've got to be committed. It comes down to setting yourself goals as an individual. In rugby you have team goals that you strive for, but you also set yourself simple goals that are achievable. It helps to write them down so you understand what you need to do, and what your focus is. Put them on your wall, then each time you wake up, you'll see them. Then you can just tick them off once you've achieved them.” NeedsWritingHelpingIndividualGoalSimpleFocusTeamWallWake UpStriveCommittedSettingSettingsRugbyTickTeam GoalYour Wall Author:Filo Tiatia
“I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile.” WantGivingEyeGoalStyleWallGiving UpObstaclesWorthwhileBedroomMottoBedroom Wall Author:Chris Burke