To Have A Style Is To Be

The Inconsistency Of Genius Is A Consistent Theme Of Creativity.

The Only Way To Maximize Group Creativity—to Make The Whole More Than The Sum Of Its Parts—is To Encourage A Candid Discussion Of Mistakes. In Part, This Is Because The Acceptance Of Error Reduces Cost. When You Believe Your Flaws Will Be Quickly Corrected By The Group, You're Less Worried About Perfecting Your Contribution, Which Leads To A More Candid Conversation. We Can Only Get It Right When We Talk About What We Got Wrong.

People Assume That They Perceive Reality As It Is, That Our Senses Accurately Record The Outside World. Yet The Science Suggests That, In Important Ways, People Experience Reality Not As It Is, But As They Expect It To Be.

Distance And Difference Are The Secret Tonic Of Creativity. When We Get Home, Home Is Still The Same. But Something In Our Mind Has Been Changed, And That Changes Everything.

Grit Is The Stubborn Refusal To Quit.