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 Concern 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 Be good Copy Share Image
“The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than… — Scott Berkun Bad idea Copy Share Image
Big thoughts are fun to romanticize, but it's many small insights coming together that bring big ideas into the world. — Scott Berkun Big idea 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
People who truly have control over time always have some in their pocket to give to someone in need. A sense of… — Scott Berkun Deeper Copy Share Image
It’s not the fear of writing that blocks people, it’s fear of not writing well; something quite different. — Scott Berkun Block 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
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 Despite 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 Comfortable Copy Share Image
The temptation many creative people I know have is to strive for popularity. To make, do, and say things that other people… — Scott Berkun Creative Copy Share Image
Experiment is the expected failure to deliberately learn something. — Scott Berkun Education Copy Share Image
The bottleneck is never code or creativity; it's lack of clarity. — Scott Berkun Clarity 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
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
Anyone can criticize or accept praise, but initiating a positive exchange is a hallmark of a difference maker. — Scott Berkun Accepting 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 Management 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
There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think they want… — Scott Berkun Bigs 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
Staying curious and open is what makes growth possible, and it requires practice to maintain that mindset. To keep learning, we have… — Scott Berkun Curious 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 Failure Copy Share Image
This is one big problem with working remotely: no one believes you have a job at all. — Scott Berkun Believe 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
