“Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected.” ArtCultureChangePersonalitySurpriseUnexpectedBreakthroughTackling Author:Lynda Obst
“American Secretaries of State have typically been more buttoned up than bon vivant, but John Quincy Adams's diplomatic successes - bigger than anything Presidential or legislative that he achieved - still surprise a student of his personality.” StillsStatesStudentsPersonalityBiggerSurprisePresidentialSecretaryDiplomatic Author:Thomas Mallon
“If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially constructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essence developing, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age will stimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.” IfsInspirationalAgeChildhoodMiddlePersonalityDiscoveryEssenceSurpriseDevelopingIntrigueMiddle AgesGatewaysExhilaration Author:Erik Erikson
“You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into an entertainment. Usually this means giving the reader an enjoyable surprise. Any number of devices will do the job.... These seeming amusements in fact become your 'style.' When we say we like the style of certain writers, what we mean is that we like their personality as they express it on paper.” WayGivingWritingMeanFactsJobsCertainNumbersStylePersonalityReaderPaperSurpriseEntertainmentDevicesAmusementEnjoyableSeeming Author:William Zinsser
“Donald Trump has built a super successful business. He's an effective organizer. He's an effective execution-oriented executive. He has the right political personality to get on with people in a way that'll surprise people. He will cut deals in a way that are more favorable for America than what establishment politicians have done.” PeopleWayDoneAmericaPoliticalDealsSuccessfulCuttingPersonalityTrumpPoliticianBuiltSurpriseExecutivesEstablishmentExecutionSuccessful BusinessOrganizer Author:Anthony Scaramucci