The field seems to require a painfully uncommon synthesis of imagination and realism.
The field seems to require a painfully uncommon synthesis of imagination and realism.

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- Nothing is worse to an organisation than culture of fear
- Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.
- Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
- The more customers you keep, the fewer customers you have to find.
- One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.
- A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
- Success is like an iceberg. Nobody sees the work that comprises it.
- One life is enough to change this world
- Create value, not bait!
- If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.
- Don’t risk more than you can afford to lose!
- Purists don’t take shortcuts. For me, the vision is more important than anything.
- Start small and keep going.
- Build up your faith while starving the fears.
- Life is tough, but you are tougher.
- Entrepreneurs don´t play safe, they play good.
- Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
- People judge you on your performance, so focus on the outcome.
- Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
- Move fast, break things