Belsky Quotes

#1. An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements.

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#2. Nothing extraordinary is achieved through ordinary means.

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#3. Discovery hapens in the overlap of difference communities ... in the clashes of difference.

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#4. While the tendency to generate ideas is rather natural, the path to making them happen is tumultuous.

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#5. The vision of extraordinary achievement is,by definition, a few steps beyond consensus and conventional logic

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#6. Creativity is, quite simply, a genuine interest combined with initiative.

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#7. Our ability to extinguish new ideas is critical to productivity and to our capacity to scale existing projects. In a team setting, the skeptics - the ones who always question ideas first rather than falling in love with them - are the white blood cells.

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#8. Most ideas are born and lost in isolation.

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#9. Share ownership of your ideas. The more people who lie awake in bed thinking about your idea, the better.

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#10. It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter.

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#11. A labor of love always pays off.

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#12. The young and the ambitious share a common risk: appearing naive.

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#13. Ideas are worthless if you can't make them happen.

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#14. It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.

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#15. I thought about a line from Raymond Chandler in The Long Goodbye that I always remembered - and it somehow seemed to fit both of us. "There is no trap so deadly as the one you set for yourself.

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#16. Rather than Surrender to Bureaucracy, take it upon yourself to break it

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#17. When 99% of people doubt your idea, you're either gravely wrong or about to make history.

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#18. Today never feels like it will be history, but it will. And more likely than not, you will look back and realize that you should have known.

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#19. All great inventions emerge from a long sequence of small sparks; the first idea often isn't all that good, but thanks to collaboration it later sparks another idea, or it's reinterpreted in an unexpected way. Collaboration brings small sparks together to generate breakthrough innovation.

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#20. Success Corrupts and Limits Potential as Soon as You Start to Think You Could Do It Alone.

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#21. Among idealists and visionaries, there is no shortage of good intent, but there's often a shortage of discipline.

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#22. Everything in life should be approached as a project. Every project can be broken down into just three things: Action Steps, Backburner Items, and References.

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#23. Perspiration is the best form of differentiation, especially in the creative world.

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#24. The magic happens when you find the sweet spot where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect.

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#25. No great creative project can thrive (or even survive) off the energy of one person.

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#26. To envision what will be, you must remove yourself from the constant concern for what already is.

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#27. Overcome the stigma of self-marketing.

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#28. Self-leadership is about awareness, tolerance , and not letting your own natural tendencies limit your potential.

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#29. When a lot of people are calling you crazy: you're either crazy, or you're onto something.

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#30. Most ideas never happen. It's an uphill battle against the status quo and our own tendencies.

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#31. Constant motion is the key to execution.

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#32. The fact that time is ticking should motivate you to take action on your ideas.

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