a good reminder.
“No great thing is created suddenly.”
— Epictetus, via Quotes on Design
“Sometimes you have to keep ideas for decades before they have any use.”
— Marc English, via Quotes on Design
quotes, good ideas,on expectations.
“When a lot is expected of you, it’s very easy to let the pressure of meeting those expectations get to you. In fact, it can be paralyzing, and that’s not good.
What is good is that if you succeed and you meet those expectations, the cumulative impact is exponential. That’s because expectations are just leftover praise. You’ve earned them by doing something great.
So, the next time you feel overwhelmed by expectations, just remember that if you weren’t capable of meeting them, they wouldn’t exist.”
— Words of wisdom (part 1) from Chris Shifflet at Brooklyn Beta 2011
Business, design, quotes,on being average.
“But look at what it means to be average. You are the worst of the best and the best of the worst.”
— Truett Cathy, Eat Mor Chikin, Inspire More People
quotes, life,“There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.”
— Conan O’Brien’s Dartmouth Commencement Address
(best part starts at 16:20)
“I have observed that inexperienced business people sometimes make poor decisions because they are terrified the opportunity will pass them by and they will regret it for the rest of their lives. That is rarely, if ever, true.”
— Martha Stewart, The Martha Rules
quotes, Business, craft,