Michael J. Gelb Quotes

Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential.

By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.

Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.

A new and speculative idea, which although it may seem trivial and almost laughable, is nonetheless of great value in quickening the spirit of invention.

Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.

As you embrace the process-oriented approach described in The Practicing Mind, you’ll achieve better results in any endeavor.

The most advanced, creative and original thinking is always a product of historical context and the influences of previous geniuses, mentors, and collaborators on the mind of the originator.

You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.

Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving.

Surrounded by noises from televisions, airplanes, subways and automobiles, most of us ‘tune out’ for self-protection.

We have more possibilities, more freedom, more options than any people who have ever lived. Yet there is more junk, more mediocrity, more garbage to sort through than ever, too.

A champion views resistance as a gift of energy.