Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind and ask what's funny about what you're doing..

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 ….

Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways..

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process..

What excuses stand in your way? How can you eliminate them?.

New ideas are not born in a conforming environment..

It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into outsi….

Most burning issues generate far more heat than light..

If you fall in love with an idea, you won't see the merits of alternative approaches-and will probably miss an opportunity or two. One of life's grea….

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..

We grow up thinking that the best answer is in someone else's brain. Much of our education is an elaborate game of 'guess what's in the teacher's hea….

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date..

By the time the average person finishes college, he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes, and exams. The right answer approach becomes de….

Look for the second right answer..

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 ….

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 st….

Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired..

Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made. Thus, the real key to being creative lies in what you do with your knowledge..

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray..

Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit..

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be..