I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high.
Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource.
I call the age we are entering the creative age because the key factor propelling us forward is the rise of creativity as the primary mover of our economy.
Every single human being is creative and maximizing that creativity is critical to happiness and economic growth. Economic growth is driven by creativity, so if we want to increase it, we have to tap into the creativity of everyone. That's what makes me optimistic. For the first time in human history, the basic logic of our economy dictates that further economic development requires the further development and use of human creative capabilities. The great challenge of our time is to find ways to tap into every human's creativity.
Places that succeed in attracting and retaining creative class people prosper; those that fail don't.
Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making.
People don't need to be managed, they need to be unleashed.
An abundance mentality springs from internal security, not from external rankings, comparisons, opinions, possessions, or associations.
If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.
As soon as I look up, his eyes click onto my face. The breath whooshes out of my body and everything freezes for a second, as though I’m looking at him through my camera lens, zoomed in all the way, the world pausing for that tiny span of time between the opening and closing of the shutter.
Treat the cause not the effect.