An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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