The surprising habits of original thinkers - Adam Grant
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Great innovators are supposed to dream up brilliant ideas. They’re supposed to act quickly and decisively to make them a reality, without any fear or doubt. But social scientists have found that original thinkers rarely follow this recipe. In this talk, Adam Grant explores three unexpected habits of originals — including embracing failure.
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Many of us have original ideas, but hesitate to act on them. How can we close the gap and make our boldest ideas a reality?
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David Sosa
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Have a clear vision, so we have to research and get great information about the idea and take good decisions.
Ana Ibarra
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Desglozar la idea y establecer metas cortas que nos permitan llegar poco a poco al resultado, además creo que es indispensable que la persona tenga confianza en sí mismo para atraverse y para a su vez aceptar los errores y aprender de ellos.
william corvera
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creyendo en lo que hacemos sin miedo a fallar me gusto mucho la frase tenemos que fallar para lograr algo
María Rojas
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Haciendo las cosas sin miedo a fallar, siempre va a haber malas ideas pero gracias a eso puedes tener mejores.
Space Man
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Perder el miedo al que diran, el miedo a equivocarse, y siempre intentar, innovar y emprender, todo siempre es conocimiento
Susana Mejia
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No sobrepensar tanto y tratar que esas ideas le ayuden a alguien más. Siempre abra un lado positivo de una nueva idea.
Paola Barbosa Sanchez
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Just by doing them. Without overthinking the “what ifs”, the possible bad outcomes… just to get up and make them real. I believe that sometimes the least expected ideas or the most random ones, end up being very creative because we didnt think about them being creative.
Desja Higgims Foster
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I totally agree. Make sure you always have the facts.
Hector Ibarra
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Do or do not, best thing to do is to bring it to life and if you hesitate that idea dies in you.
Evangeline Villanueva
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DO A RESEARCH. WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS. ASK YOUR FAMILIES, RELATIVES OR FRIENDS FOR THEIR INPUT. IF THEY LIKE IT, PROCEED TO THE NEXT STEP!