One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a…

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It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it...

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it...

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a...

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a...

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation...

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation...

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas....

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas....

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing...

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing...

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one...

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one...

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Tony and I had a good on and off screen relationship, we are two very...

Tony and I had a good on and off screen relationship, we are two very...

I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being...

I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being...

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger...

Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger...

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I...

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I...

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call...

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call...

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans...

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans...