Shweta Tripathi Quotes

You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

I don't want to follow the herd.

It's fun to be a little bit different in the world, to make a few new trails of your own.

I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit.

When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.

There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.

If you are doing what everyone else is doing, there is probably not an opportunity there.

I like pushing boundaries.

When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

If you want to do something different, you're going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

Only dead fish go with the flow.

I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that's usually the case when there's a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that.

I have always been a person who does things differently.

I feel that one thing that a businessman can learn is do not follow a path that has already been successful. You will never be a path-breaker then.

It is difficult to be that band that doesn't do things the way other bands do it. It's a blessing and a curse.

The one lesson I've learned from technology and food is the only time you know you're doing the wrong thing is when you're doing what everyone else is doing.

What's on the edge? What's next? That's where I think I do my best work - if I push my whole team to the edge.

Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.

I'd rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat like everyone else.

Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.