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title: "2 Epiphany Quotes By Scott Berkun"
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> [“One way to think about epiphany is to imagine working on a jigsaw puzzle. When you put the last piece into place, is there anything special about that last piece or what you were wearing when you put it in?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/one-way-to-think-about-epiphany-is-to-imagine-working-on-a-jigsaw/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/scott-berkun-12409_epiphany_one-way-to-think-about-epiphany-is-to-im_1231316.jpg)

> [“Nearly every major innovation of the 20th century took place without claims of epiphany.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/nearly-every-major-innovation-of-the-20th-century-took-place-without/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/scott-berkun-12409_20th-century_nearly-every-major-innovation-of-the-20t_1442213.png)

## More by Scott Berkun

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/we-develop-ulcers-high-blood-pressure-headaches-and-other-physical/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [ “Human beings, who are almost unique \[among animals\] in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/human-beings-who-are-almost-unique-among-animals-in-having-the/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [“What good is something that scales well if it sucks? Why is size the ultimate goal or even a goal at all?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/what-good-is-something-that-scales-well-if-it-sucks-why-is-size-the/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/it-seems-that-bad-advice-that-s-fun-will-always-be-better-known-than/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [ 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.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/when-i-m-the-speaker-i-know-that-special-moment-just-before-speaking/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [“The best lesson from the myths of Newton and Archimedes is to work passionately but to take breaks. Sitting under trees and relaxing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/the-best-lesson-from-the-myths-of-newton-and-archimedes-is-to-work/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [“Defensive management is blind to recognizing how obsessing about preventing bad things also prevents good things from happening or sometimes even prevents anything from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/defensive-management-is-blind-to-recognizing-how-obsessing-about/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/i-don-t-want-to-be-perfect-i-want-to-be-useful-i-want-to-be-good-and/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [“I believe anyone can teach anyone anything. But I mean this in a specific sense. If you have two dedicated, reasonably intelligent people, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/i-believe-anyone-can-teach-anyone-anything-but-i-mean-this-in-a/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [“The Greeks were so committed to ideas as supernatural forces that they created an entire group of goddesses (not one but nine) to represent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/the-greeks-were-so-committed-to-ideas-as-supernatural-forces-that/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [For centuries before Google, MIT, and IDEO, modern hotbeds of innovation, we struggled to explain any kind of creation, from the universe itself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/for-centuries-before-google-mit-and-ideo-modern-hotbeds-of-innovation/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [No one has died from giving a bad presentation. Well, at least one person did, President William Henry Harrison, but he developed pneumonia after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/no-one-has-died-from-giving-a-bad-presentation-well-at-least-one/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [“History can’t give attention to what’s been lost, hidden, or deliberately buried; it is mostly a telling of success, not the partial failures that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/history-can-t-give-attention-to-what-s-been-lost-hidden-or/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [Good public speaking is based on good private thinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/good-public-speaking-is-based-on-good-private-thinking/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

> [It's rare for people to genuinely try to understand what others are trying to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-berkun/it-s-rare-for-people-to-genuinely-try-to-understand-what-others-are/)

[Scott Berkun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-berkun/)

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