Okay, I've promised to fill in the archive with posts for all the days I've missed in the last couple of months. It is my intention to do that, and so I'm projecting ahead on the number of quotations I'll include from the middle of October to the middle of December in order to catch up. I'm figuring it will be 24 quotations, including this one from Sir Winston Churchill, which I just heard from author Frans Johansson at ASAE & The Center's Great Ideas Conference in Orlando:
I think these words should be something of a mantra for daily innovators. It can be hellish trying to persuade people to embrace innovation. But when things get tough, we cannot simply give up on our efforts. Doing so will leave us in right where we don't want to be: frustrated, disappointed and without having made any real progress on the work of innovation. So my advice is to not lose sight of the big picture. The naysayers will try to distract you, but in the long run, the daily innovators will prevail!
I agree that it can be a bit hellish trying to persuade people to embrace innovation. Sometimes we need to keep ourselves moving boldly through with our own innovation.
Here is a quote that reminds me to go with my gut and "Do Something" rather that analyze things to death.
"A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan next week" - George S. Patton
Regards,
Chief Show Officer
Posted by: Scott | January 07, 2006 at 11:31 AM