Here are 28 quotes delivered by the global business thinkers speaking at BRAND MINDS 2023 to inspire you to attend the event.
JAMES CLEAR, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ATOMIC HABITS
1. “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” – James Clear
2. “You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” – James Clear
3. “Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.” – James Clear
4. “Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.” – James Clear
5. “Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.” – James Clear
LYNDA GRATTON, FUTURE OF WORK STRATEGY EXPERT @LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL
6. „We are more likely to love our work when we see it as play.“ – Lynda Gratton
7. “Getting your finances right is essential to 100-year life, but money is far from being the most important resource.” – Lynda Gratton
8. “Transformation does not occur in isolation, nor does it typically occur within the same group of friends.” – Lynda Gratton
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB, AUTHOR & RISK ANALYST
9. “A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
10. “Learn to fail with pride – and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error – by mastering the error part.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
11. “Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behaviour, not because they won or lost.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
12. “Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
RENÉE MAUBORGNE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY & BLUE OCEAN SHIFT
13. “Competing in overcrowded industries is no way to sustain high performance. The real opportunity is to create blue oceans of uncontested market space.” – Renée Mauborgne
14. “A focus on the competition too often anchors companies in the red ocean, and puts the competitors, rather than the customer, at the core of the strategy.” – Renée Mauborgne
15. “An effective blue ocean strategy has three complementary qualities: focus, divergence and a compelling tagline.” – Renée Mauborgne
DUNCAN WARDLE, INNOVATION EXPERT & CREATIVE DIRECTOR DISNEY
16. “No fresh stimulus in. No new ideas out.” – Duncan Wardle
17. “Innovation often comes from looking outside your own industry.” – Duncan Wardle
18. “Our own expertise is our biggest barrier to innovation.” – Duncan Wardle
19. “The Being of Innovation beats the Doing of Innovation every time. Culture first!” – Duncan Wardle
20. “Your brain is a creativity thinking muscle. Like all muscle, it needs regular exercise.” – Duncan Wardle
21. “People who look different than you, often think differently than you and will help you think differently too.” – Duncan Wardle
BLAIR SINGER, WORLD-FAMOUS SALES EXPERT
22. “The key to success is playing to people’s strengths.” – Blair Singer
23. “Great players are determined by their talent, desire and willingness to play by the code.” – Blair Singer
24. “Most people fail rather than succeed because they give up what they really want for what they want at the moment.” – Blair Singer
25. “You have been conditioned to be what you are. That means that you can also condition yourself to be who you want to be.” – Blair Singer
ANNE-MARIE IMAFIDON, TECH LEADERSHIP EXPERT
26. “For me success is the implications, the influences, and the changes to people’s lives that have come about projects, interventions, and the delivery that myself and my team have done.” – Anne-Marie Imafidon
27. “Always find your tribe. You don’t have to do it alone.” – Anne-Marie Imafidon
28. “Your people could be alongside you or ahead of you, and you should work hard to help those behind you because it’s an investment. It pays back multiple times over.” – Anne-Marie Imafidon
