Talent is made up for a third of instinct, a third of memory, and the last third of will – Carlo Alberto Pisani Dossi, Italian writer and diplomat (1849 – 1910)
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Month: September 2015 (Page 2 of 2)
According to Lolly Daskal (), to stay on top you need to keep innovating.
These 7 habits will help you:
1) Constantly connect the dots, in order to gain new insight and see relationships that were invisible before;
2) Commit to asking questions, by asking new questions you get new perspective;
3) Actively try new things, the real innovation is not in seeking new horizons but seeing the horizon in a new light;
4) Find points of intersection with Others, for ideas to germinate a diverse set of perspectives, thinkers, questioners, and doers is required;
5) Have a sense of purpose, great innovators are powered by their passion and use it as a sense of purpose;
6) Cross-pollinate ideas, creativity happens when two things collide to create a whole new idea;
7) Make innovation a daily routine, if you want to become a master of anything, it takes discipline and commitment;
Image: Flickr: Jurgen Appelo – Innovation Adoption Curve (CC BY 2.0)
The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better.
For the month of September the selected quotation is by Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)- the French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.
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