Martha Stewart Quotes

I had noticed that many of these successful people, historical and contemporary, shared certain common traits. They had a way of thinking that was exceptionally fluid; they could adapt to almost any circumstance; when confronted with problems, they could look at them from novel perspectives and solve them.

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.

You gotta be able to change worlds.

I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.

The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.

I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.

America's unique ability to change and be super flexible is pretty dope, man. It's pretty incredible. And that's what I want to contribute to.

If you're good at what you do regardless of what is thrown in front of you, you will make it work.

After multiple failures, when I tasted success, I was at my creative best - the 'jugaadu'-best.

As the world we live in is so unpredictable, the ability to learn and to adapt to change is imperative, alongside creativity, problem-solving, and communication skills.

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

Make it work

Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind.

I'm always open. I try not to have a closed mind. In fact the only reason why I'm able to continue to make films since 1986 is I have been adaptable. If I weren't flexible I sure wouldn't be making films this many years as I've been doing it. I've been making a film a year almost since 1986 and that's hard. That ain't easy.

Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.

There is no single way to train, or do anything well. You have to keep thinking, keep doing things.

An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.

Ideas are nothing. They're irrelevant. If you think your idea is so important, you're doomed. The reality is if you don't like one idea, I've got 299 more. If I tell you my idea, and you can execute better against that idea than I can - great; I get to play a terrific game.

And in order to succeed in later life, you need creative skills because look at how fast the world is changing.

As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.

It's so important to adapt, think outside the box, and stay ahead if you want to grow.

You win any which way you can. You do what you have to do to get by. That's the way it works in any job.