You have to trust yourself, not research. Not testing. Testing helps, but you have to trust your own taste. If your taste says something isn't any good, don't let research rationalize that out of its own truth.
Interpretation
Trusting your own judgment is essential, regardless of external validation.
This quote emphasizes the importance of trusting one's own instincts and taste, even in the face of research and testing that may suggest otherwise. Brian Grazer suggests that personal intuition should take precedence over external opinions or data when it comes to assessing the quality of something. It speaks to the value of self-confidence and authenticity in decision-making.
In practice
During a motivational speech about the importance of self-belief and creativity.
Curiosity at work isn't a matter of style. It's much more powerful than that. If you're the boss, and you manage by asking questions, you're laying the foundation for the culture of your company or your group. You're letting people know that the boss is willing to listen.
Asking for people's help - rather than directing it - is almost always the smart way of doing things, regardless of the stakes.
Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded them fool-like and paid, and paid; had I a son I'd hand 'em on and ram 'em home. What fools we be when young. We fancy we be wise, forgetting that the old boys have graduated in the 'varsity of the world, the greatest 'varsity of all, and each day we should learn from they.
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.
Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being
Things always become obvious after the fact
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