LIFT YOUR THINKINGLIFT YOUR THINKINGCreator: Lynda Curtin

Series One: California and Nevada Desert Life ©2011. The Opportunity Thinker. All rights reserved.

ListenListen

““You cannot You cannot hear what you hear what you do not do not understand.”understand.” – –W. Edwards DemingW. Edwards Deming

““The stone age didn’t end because The stone age didn’t end because they ran out of stones.”they ran out of stones.”—Unknown—Unknown

““Thought, not money, is the real Thought, not money, is the real business capital.”business capital.”—Harvey S. Firestone—Harvey S. Firestone

Slow downSlow down

““Patience is Patience is a form of a form of action.”action.”——Auguste RodinAuguste Rodin

““Creativity is so delicate a flower Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it that praise tends to make it bloom.”bloom.”—Alex Osborn—Alex Osborn

““Water which Water which is too pure is too pure has no fish.”has no fish.”——Ts’ai T’anTs’ai T’an

““When one tugs at a single thing in When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”of the world.”—John Muir —John Muir

““I start I start where the where the last person last person left off.”left off.”——Thomas EdisonThomas Edison

Nourishment is good.Nourishment is good.

GetGet LIFTLIFT

““If you never change your mind, If you never change your mind,

why have onewhy have one?”?”—Edward de Bono—Edward de Bono

ImagineImagine

““Choose Choose better over better over different.”different.”——Lynda CurtinLynda Curtin

““Opportunities are seldom labeled.”Opportunities are seldom labeled.”——John A. SheddJohn A. Shedd

““I would rather I would rather have a mind have a mind opened by opened by wonder than wonder than one closed by one closed by belief.”belief.”——Gerry SpenceGerry Spence

““He that finds faults wants to He that finds faults wants to buy.”buy.”—German Proverb—German Proverb

““If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.”never know.”—Louis Armstrong—Louis Armstrong

Winds of Winds of change.change.

““Every really new idea looks Every really new idea looks crazy at first.”crazy at first.”—Robert Olson—Robert Olson

Smell the Smell the grapefruit.grapefruit.

Feel the Feel the bruise.bruise.

““The shortest way to do many The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a things is to do only one thing at a time.”time.”—Sydney Smiles—Sydney Smiles

Navigate Navigate the maze.the maze.

““Fun is fundamental.”Fun is fundamental.”—Doug Hall—Doug Hall

LifeLife blossomsblossoms

““You miss 100% of the shots you You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”never take.”—Wayne Gretsky—Wayne Gretsky

ChangeChange perspectiveperspective

““To stay ahead, To stay ahead, you must have you must have your next idea your next idea waiting in the waiting in the wings.”wings.”——Rosabeth Moss KanterRosabeth Moss Kanter

Who is your creativity coach?Who is your creativity coach?

PeekPeek

““Ideas are Ideas are prickly. Get prickly. Get under under someone’s someone’s skin.” skin.” ——Lynda CurtinLynda Curtin

““In spite of the In spite of the cost of living, it’s cost of living, it’s still popular.”still popular.”——Kathleen NorrisKathleen Norris

““Live out of your Live out of your imagination, not imagination, not your history.”your history.”——Stephen CoveyStephen Covey

““Everything has its beauty, but not everyone Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.”sees it.”—Confucius—Confucius

Make time Make time to eat to eat together. together.

Yes, it’s Yes, it’s possible.possible.

ShiftShift your viewyour view

RiskRisk

““Too often we Too often we enjoy the comfort enjoy the comfort of opinion without of opinion without the discomfort of the discomfort of thought.”thought.”——John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy

““The point The point about thinking about thinking about perils is about perils is not to revel in not to revel in misery, but to misery, but to work towards work towards helpful helpful responses.”responses.”——Roger Lincoln ShinnRoger Lincoln Shinn

MakeMake thinkingthinking timetime

Press Press on.on.

It’s worth it.