The temptation many creative people I know have is to strive for popularity. To make, do, and say things that other people… — Scott Berkun 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
“We develop ulcers, high blood pressure, headaches, and other physical problems in part because our stress systems aren’t designed to handle the “dangers” of… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“Human beings, who are almost unique [among animals] in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their… — Scott Berkun 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 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 fun advice… — 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.… — Scott Berkun 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 relaxing in… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“Defensive management is blind to recognizing how obsessing about preventing bad things also prevents good things from happening or sometimes even prevents anything from… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
I don’t want to be perfect. I want to be useful, I want to be good, and I want to sound like myself. Trying… — Scott Berkun 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 people, one… — Scott Berkun 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) to represent… — Scott Berkun 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 itself to… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
No one has died from giving a bad presentation. Well, at least one person did, President William Henry Harrison, but he developed pneumonia after… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
