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Roger von Oech Quotes: If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered.
         

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered.


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Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.



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Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.



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Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.



Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.



Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.

Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.



Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.



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It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.



It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.



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What excuses stand in your way? How can you eliminate them?






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If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.



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No religion knows the truth. Only he or she who lives it knows.



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He would have been handsome—in a serial-killer kind of way—if not for those tattoos.



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Even when she looked scared, she had a lot of guts.

Even when she looked scared, she had a lot of guts.




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