Advantage Quote by Roger von Oech

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up & do them

— Roger von Oech

Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways.

— Roger von Oech

Open your mind up to things that have no connection with the problem you're trying to solve: subscribe to an unusual magazine; spend a…

— Roger von Oech

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity…

— Roger von Oech

If you fall in love with an idea, you won't see the merits of alternative approaches-and will probably miss an opportunity or two. One…

— Roger von Oech

Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made. Thus, the real key to being creative lies in what you do with your…

— Roger von Oech

We grow up thinking that the best answer is in someone else's brain. Much of our education is an elaborate game of 'guess what's…

— Roger von Oech

The hallmark of creative people is their mental flexibility... Sometimes they are open and probing, at others they're playful and off-the-wall. At still other…

— Roger von Oech

Most burning issues generate far more heat than light.

— Roger von Oech

Look for the second right answer.

— Roger von Oech

“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who divide everything into two groups, and those who don’t.”

— Roger Von Oech

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered.

— Roger von Oech