The bottleneck is never code or creativity; it's lack of clarity. — Scott Berkun Bottleneck Copy Share Image
It's rare for people to genuinely try to understand what others are trying to say. — Scott Berkun Educational Copy Share Image
Experiment is the expected failure to deliberately learn something. — Scott Berkun Education Copy Share Image
Most people doubt online meeting scan work, but they somehow overlook that most in person meetings don't work either. — Scott Berkun Doubt Copy Share Image
Commit yourself to taking enough risks that you will fail some of the time. If you're not failing, we're not doing something… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
It seems that bad advice that's fun will always be better known than than good advice that's dull-no matter how useless that… — Scott Berkun Advice Copy Share Image
“Einstein once said, “If I had 20 days to solve a problem, I would take 19 days to define it,” — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“Without failure, we forget, in arrogance, that our understanding of things is never as complete as we think it is.” — Scott Berkun Arrogance Copy Share Image
History can't give attention to what's been lost, hidden, or deliberately buried; it is mostly a telling of success, not the partial… — Scott Berkun Attention Copy Share Image
“What good is something that scales well if it sucks? Why is size the ultimate goal or even a goal at all?” — Scott Berkun Goal Copy Share Image
My intent is simply to know my material so well that I'm very comfortable with it. Confidence, not perfection, is the goal. — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“It’s natural for people to protect what they know instead of leaping into the unknown, and managers are no exception. Managers might… — Scott Berkun Leader Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think they want… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“We develop ulcers, high blood pressure, headaches, and other physical problems in part because our stress systems aren’t designed to handle the… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
People tell me this is obvious. But it's ok to be obvious. Knowing and doing are different. Many people know many obvious… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
Staying curious and open is what makes growth possible, and it requires practice to maintain that mindset. To keep learning, we have… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“An amazing thing about our digital age is that the person next to you at Starbucks might just be hacking into a… — Scott Berkun Digital age Copy Share Image
Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; they’re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget people’s concerns… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“In a recent survey, innovative people — from inventors to scientists, writers to programmers — were asked what techniques they used. Over… — Scott Berkun Innovation Copy Share Image
All great tasks test our motivation. It's easy to court ideas over beers and change the world with napkin sketches, but like… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
People who truly have control over time always have some in their pocket to give to someone in need. A sense of… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“Einstein said, “ Imagination is more important than knowledge,” but you’d be hard-pressed to find schools or corporations that invest in people… — Scott Berkun Creativity Copy Share Image
“The best lesson from the myths of Newton and Archimedes is to work passionately but to take breaks. Sitting under trees and… — Scott Berkun Business Copy Share Image
When I'm the speaker, I know that special moment [just before speaking] is the only time I will have the entire audience's… — Scott Berkun Aliens Copy Share Image
It's only through effort that we learn what an idea actually is, and if our passion for it will last or fade.… — Scott Berkun Effort Copy Share Image
For centuries before Google, MIT, and IDEO, modern hotbeds of innovation, we struggled to explain any kind of creation, from the universe… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this is why The Boeing Company, one of the largest airplane design and engineering firms in the world, keeps a black… — Scott Berkun Black books Copy Share Image
“The Greeks were so committed to ideas as supernatural forces that they created an entire group of goddesses (not one but nine)… — Scott Berkun Goddesses Copy Share Image
“I believe anyone can teach anyone anything. But I mean this in a specific sense. If you have two dedicated, reasonably intelligent… — Scott Berkun Education Copy Share Image
“Nearly every major innovation of the 20th century took place without claims of epiphany.” — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“It's often people whose jobs are abstractions that see a company as a zero-sum game where they have to fight and defend… — Scott Berkun Abstractions Copy Share Image
Most people doubt online meetings can work but they somehow overlook that most in-person meetings don't work either. — Scott Berkun Doubt Copy Share Image
If you'd like to be good at something, the first thing to out the window is the notion of perfection. — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“The love of new ideas is a myth: we prefer ideas only after others have tested them.” — Scott Berkun Love Copy Share Image
This is one big problem with working remotely: no one believes you have a job at all. — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
It's safe to assume that no matter where you stand, someone would be happy to be in your shoes, just as you'd… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
![“When I'm the speaker, I know that special moment [just before speaking] is the only time I will have the entire audience's full attention. Unless an alien spaceship crash-lands on stage midway through the talk, the silence before I begin is the most powerful moment I have. What defines how well…” quote by Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/426/scott-berkun-12409_aliens_when-i-m-the-speaker-i-know-that-special_210194.jpg)
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