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1 " The great problems we see in the world today will not be solved by people functioning at half capacity cranking out work they don't care about in order to buy more things that will eventually rust and rot. "
― Todd Henry , Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
2 " The rest of us need you to act, because if you don't, you're robbing yourself, your peers, your family, your organization, and the world of a contribution that only you can make. "
3 " Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” —Charles Mingus "
― Todd Henry , The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
4 " In essence, we are pushing off the difficult work into the future so we don't have to deal with our potential inadequacy.I think that many people would rather live with the delusion that they're invulnerable than test their limits and discover that they actually have some. "
― Todd Henry
5 " We need to fall in love with the process, not just the end product of our work. "
6 " No matter what you say about your priorities, where you spend money and your time will prove them out. "
7 " A lifetime of mediocrity is a high price to pay for safety. "
8 " You must get comfortable with eliminating things in your life that are getting in the way of clarity and focus. "
9 " If you want to thrive, you need to systematically engage with other people, in part to be reminded that life is bigger than your immediate problems. "
10 " Passion” has its roots in the Latin word pati, which means “to suffer or endure.” Therefore, at the root of passion is suffering. This is a far cry from the way we casually toss around the word in our day-to-day conversations. Instead of asking “What would bring me enjoyment?” which is how many people think about following their passion, we should instead ask “What work am I willing to suffer for today?” Great work requires suffering for something beyond yourself. It’s created when you bend your life around a mission and spend yourself on something you deem worthy of your best effort. What is your worthwhile cause? "
11 " You need to create space for your creative process to thrive rather than expect it to operate in the cracks of your frenetic schedule. "
12 " Make sure that you’re nurturing your process. It’s the only thing you can truly control, and it’s the thing you’ll always have regardless of where you end up. "
13 " The most valuable land in the world is the graveyard. In the graveyard are buried all of the unwritten novels, never-launched businesses, unreconciled relationships, and all of the other things that people thought, ‘I’ll get around to that tomorrow.’ One day, however, their tomorrows ran "
14 " Great work results when you stop doing only what you know you can do and instead begin pursuing what you believe you might be able to do with a little focused effort. "
15 " Our relationships will eventually grow stale unless we are diligent about directing and cultivating them. "
16 " By acting, we make things concrete; action breeds motivation, not the other way around. "
17 " There is a persistent myth in the workplace that creativity is a mystical and elusive force that sits somewhere between prayer and the U.S. tax code on the ambiguity scale. "
18 " Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” —Dr. Seuss "
19 " Emptying yourself of your best work isn’t just about checking off tasks on your to-do list; it’s about making steady, critical progress each day on the projects that matter, in all areas of life. "
20 " You need to go beyond hacks and quick fixes, and instead develop practices. "
