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Roger von Oech - From the Activity category:
If you don't execute your ideas, they die. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Attitude category:
Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these questions, that's your warning to Kick that attitude! (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Choices category:
Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Encouragement category:
The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Exploration category:
It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Failure category:
Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Flexibility category:
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. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Ideas category:
It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Imagination category:
Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Keys category:
Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made... The real key to being creative lies in what you do with your knowledge. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Mistakes category:
If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Opposites category:
Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Play category:
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. (Roger von Oech)
Roger von Oech - From the Risk category:
Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day. (Roger von Oech)
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