There is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.
New ideas are not born in a conforming environment. - Roger Von Oech
New ideas are not born in a conforming environment.
- Roger Von Oech
Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be. - Roger Von Oech
Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.
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. - Roger Von Oech
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.
Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit. - Roger Von Oech
Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.
Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways. - Roger Von Oech
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. - Roger Von Oech
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? - Roger Von Oech
What excuses stand in your way? How can you eliminate them?
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 … - Roger Von Oech
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 …
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
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.
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