“Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't do that, and that's impossible, and that's a bad choice.' You go the practicality of it. And then you come up to 'Great.' But that middle part is when you don't have results yet.” IdeasFacesChoicesResultsImpossibleMiddleShapesCome UpGreat IdeaPracticalityBad Choices Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“The military doesn't teach rifle marksmanship. It teaches equipment familiarity. Despite what the officer corps thinks, learning to shoot a rifle is not like learning to drive a car. Instead, it is like learning to play the violin.... The equipment familiarity learning curve comes up quick, but then the rifle marksmanship continuation of the curve rises very slowly....by shooting one careful shot at a time, carefully inspecting the result (and the cause).” ThinkingPlayCausesResultsTeachMilitaryCarGunShotsCome UpCarefulDespiteShootingOfficersEquipmentCurvesFamiliarityViolinRiflesContinuationLearning CurveMarksmanship Author:Daryl Davis
“The realization that I may have only a few good yeras remaining has hit me with real force, and I have done a lot of thinking as a result. I would like to have come up with something profound, but I haven't.” ThinkingMayRealDoneForceResultsHavensProfoundCome UpRealization Book:The Most of Nora Ephron Source: The Most of Nora Ephron
“I don't think our fiduciary duty is to put shareholders first. I say the opposite. What we firmly believe is that if we focus our company on improving the lives of the world's citizens and come up with genuine sustainable solutions, we are more in synch with consumers and society and ultimately this will result in good shareholder returns.” IfsThinkingWorldFirstsBelieveResultsCompanyFocusDutyReturnCitizensSolutionsOppositesCome UpGenuineConsumersImprovingShareholdersFiduciary Author:Paul Polman
“My favorite word is clarity...clarity...clarity. And the critical clarity is what is the transformation that is going to take place in the customer's life or work when they buy and use your product? And how profound is that? How important is that? You know the old saying, "If you could come up with a cure for cancer you'd be a billionaire by the end of the week" because of that profound result.” IfsKnowsImportantEndsUseResultsWeekProductsTransformationProfoundMy FavoriteCancerCome UpCriticalCustomersCuresClarityBillionaireOld SayingFavorite Words Author:Brian Tracy
“Usually, I make a simple beat, throw in the acapella, and then I just improvise on the piano. Whatever comes up, I record the result, and I rework on it. Sometimes it takes a while to come with an idea, but mostly it comes naturally because I already have a connection with the song.” IdeasSometimesSongSimpleResultsRecordsBeatsConnectionsCome UpPianoRework Author:Shook