Mindfire Quotes.

1. "People who truly have control over time always have some in their pocket to give to someone in need. A sense of priorities drives their use of time and it can shift away from the ordinary work that’s easy to justify, in favor of the more ethereal, deeper things that are harder to justify. They protect their time from trivia and idiocy; these people are time rich. They provide themselves with a surplus of time. They might seem to idle, or relax more often than the rest, but that just might be a sign of their mastery, not their incompetence."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

2. "Increasing creativeness doesn’t require anything more than increasing your observations: become more aware of possible combinations."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

3. "As a rule, if you insist on speaking your mind, you will inevitably find yourself somewhere where everyone hates you."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

4. "Progress won’t be a straight line but if you keep learning you will have more successes than failures, and the mistakes you make along the way will help you get to where you want to go."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

5. "to call someone an artist means that they have a sense of higher purpose beyond commerce. Not that they don’t profit from their work, or promote themselves, but that the work itself has spiritual, philosophical, emotional or experiential attributes as central goals."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

6. "a small idea, applied consistently, can have disproportionately large effects."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

7. "Anyone can criticize or accept praise, but initiating a positive exchange is a hallmark of a difference maker."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

8. "At some point, all creative tasks become work. The interesting and fun challenges fade, and the ordinary, boring, inglorious work necessary to bring an idea to the world becomes the reality."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

9. "Learning from mistakes requires three things: Putting yourself in situations where you can make interesting mistakes Having the self-confidence to admit to them Being courageous about making changes"
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire

10. "when you can laugh at your mistake, you know you’ve accepted it and no longer judge yourself on the basis of one single event. Reaching this kind of perspective is very important in avoiding future mistakes. Humor loosens up your psychology and prevents you from obsessing about the past."
- Scott Berkun, Mindfire