Amateurs Wait For Inspiration. The Real Pros

Don't Equate Activity With Efficiency. You Are Paying Your Key People To See The Big Picture. Don't Let Them Get Bogged Down In A Lot Of Meaningless Meetings And Paper Shuffling. Announce A Friday Afternoon Off Once In A While. Cancel A Monday Morning Meeting Or Two. Tell The Cast Of Characters You'd Like Them To Spend The Amount Of Time Normally Spent Preparing For Attending The Meeting At Their Desks, Simply Thinking About An Original Idea.

We Start Out As Pretty Creative Beings... Children Let Their Imaginations Take Them To Place They've Never Seen And Do Things That Seem Impossible. We Encourage It As Fun And Playtime, But We Should Celebrate It As The Potential For Great Discovery And Accomplishment.

Don't Fall In Love With Your Wit. Your Cleverly Turned Phrase May Not, As You Hope, Show Off How Much Gray Matter You Have, Especially If The Phrase Is At Someone Else's Expense.

Optimists Are Right. So Are Pessimists. It's Up To You To Choose Which You Will Be.

Ideas Without Action Are Worthless.