“We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes - while our competitors get average or worse results from brilliant people managing broken processes” PeopleProcessDifferencesResultsBrokenManagementAverageBrilliantManageCompetitorsKey To SuccessRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessToyota Author:Fujio Cho
“Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.” ShowsChanceResultsFocusSacrificeBrilliantThings In LifeFinest Book:The Robin Sharma Pack Source: The Robin Sharma Pack
“People like to think the creative process is romantic. The artist drifts to sleep at night, to be awakened by the subliminal echoes of his or her next brilliant idea. The truth, for me at least, is that creativity is primarily the result of hard work and study.” PeopleThinkingIdeasHardArtistNightNextProcessSleepResultsCreativityCreativeStudyHard WorkBrilliantCreative ProcessEchoesAwakenedBrilliant IdeasSubliminalResults Of Hard Work Author:Grant Achatz
“I tried the plan of talking incessantly myself, so as to hide the fact I didn't hear anything they said, the result was nobody paid the slightest attention to my (doubtless brilliant) remarks.” SaidFactsResultsAttentionTalkingPlansConversationPaidBrilliantThey SaidRemarksIncessantly Book:Letters of Susan Hale Source: Letters of Susan Hale
“It is worthy to note, that the early popularity of Washington was not the result of brilliant achievement nor signal success; on the contrary, it rose among trials and reverses, and may almost be said to have been the fruit of defeat.” MayHas BeensSaidResultsAchievementRoseNotesFruitDefeatWorthyBrilliantContraryTrialsPopularityReverseSignals Book:Life of George Washington Source: Life of George Washington
“When someone writes something dazzlingly brilliant, people want to imitate it. The result is a lot of less-than-brilliant knock-offs. Elves, Dwarves, Goblin army, cursed ring, evil sorcerer. Tolkien did it. It rocked. Let's move on. Let's do something new.” PeopleWantWritingMovingEvilResultsArmyBrilliantRingsSomething NewCursedDwarvesGoblin Author:Patrick Rothfuss