Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; they’re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget people’s concerns and feelings when you present an innovation, or neglect to understand their perspectives in your design, you’re setting… — 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
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