John Hagel III Quotes

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

I like to experiment, and as an actress, I always thought it's good to be open about a lot of things.

I'm not a planner. I like to try something different, to just see what happens.

Being open to the unexpected allows me to bring so much to my craft.

I'm open to trying multiple different types of styles.

The important thing is not to know where you are going, to be open to accidents. That's what keeps it fun.

I don't like to limit myself.

It doesn't ever hurt to try different stuff.

I'm old enough to know you can't close your mind to new ideas. You have to test out every possibility if you want something new.

I think the philosophy will continue to be what it always was; which was, let's keep throwing a bunch of things at the wall, and see what sticks.

In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.

The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.

A man's work is in danger of deteriorating when he thinks he has found the one best formula for doing it. If he thinks that, he is likely to feel that all he needs is merely to go on repeating himself . . . so long as a person is searching for better ways of doing his work, he is fairly safe.

Don't play the way it goes. Play the way it is. And the way it is every time you play it, it's slightly different. Look for something. So that's the challenge not to be bored.

I'll try anything. I'll do anything. I'll explore. Try different takes.

Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it.

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.