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.
Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
Gratitude is what starts the receiving process.
No one knows enough to be a pessimist
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.
It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.
This silence, this moment, every moment, If it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need.
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