Top 31 Quotes & Sayings by Scott Belsky

When 99% of people doubt your idea, you're either gravely wrong or about to make history.

It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter.

All great inventions emerge from a long sequence of small sparks; the first idea often isn’t all that good, but thanks to collaboration it later sparks another idea, or it’s reinterpreted in an unexpected way. Collaboration brings small sparks together to generate breakthrough innovation.

An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements.

Overcome the stigma of self-marketing.

When the next step is unclear, the best way to figure it out is to take action. Constant motion is the key to execution.

Most ideas are born and lost in isolation.

You cannot ignore or completely escape the deeply ingrained short-term reward system within you. But you can become aware of what really motivates you and then tweak your incentives to sustain your long-term pursuits.

Ideas are worthless if you can’t make them happen.

The magic happens when you find the sweet spot where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect.

Success Corrupts and Limits Potential as Soon as You Start to Think You Could Do It Alone.

When a lot of people are calling you crazy: you're either crazy, or you're onto something.

Nothing extraordinary is achieved through ordinary means.

We will ultimately live in a perpetual data-driven talent edition. Everything you create will be measured and tracked by others through comments, share, and likes. Your work will come up on the radar of potential employers and clients, and the data will tell them if you are worth talking to or hiring.

While the tendency to generate ideas is rather natural, the path to making them happen is tumultuous.

The vision of extraordinary achievement is,by definition, a few steps beyond consensus and conventional logic

Creativity is, quite simply, a genuine interest combined with initiative.

The young and the ambitious share a common risk: appearing naive.

It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.

Self-leadership is about awareness, tolerance , and not letting your own natural tendencies limit your potential.

Everything in life should be approached as a project. Every project can be broken down into just three things: Action Steps, Backburner Items, and References.

Rather than Surrender to Bureaucracy, take it upon yourself to break it

Among idealists and visionaries, there is no shortage of good intent, but there's often a shortage of discipline.

Share ownership of your ideas. The more people who lie awake in bed thinking about your idea, the better.

Most ideas never happen. It's an uphill battle against the status quo and our own tendencies.

Discovery hapens in the overlap of difference communities... in the clashes of difference.

To envision what will be, you must remove yourself from the constant concern for what already is.

A labor of love always pays off.

Today never feels like it will be history, but it will. And more likely than not, you will look back and realize that you should have known.

The fact that time is ticking should motivate you to take action on your ideas.

Perspiration is the best form of differentiation, especially in the creative world.