Belsky Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

The notion of mental accounts is absent in traditional economic theory, which holds that wealth in general, and money in particular, should be fungible: That is, $100 in roulette winnings, $100 in salary, and a $100 tax refund should have the same significance and value to you, since each C-note could buy the same number of downloads from iTunes or the same number of burgers at McDonald's. Likewise, $100 kept under the mattress should invoke the same feelings or sense of wealth as $100 in a bank account or $100 in U.S. Treasury securities (ignoring the fact that money in the bank, or in T-bills, is safer than cash under the bed). If money and wealth are fungible, there should be no difference in the way we spend gambling winnings or salary. — Gary Belsky

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

Americanesia Expressaphobia, n 1. Financial affliction, first diagnosed in late twentieth century, where the sufferer forgets the amount charged on a credit card but is terribly afraid that it's way too much. Closely related to Visago, n, where a high level of debt prompts feelings of nausea and dizziness. — Gary Belsky

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

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

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. — Scott Belsky

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

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

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. — Scott Belsky

You can't rely on others - especially your managers and clients - to engage your strengths. In an ideal world, managers would constantly be thinking about how to best utilize their people - and clients would always unearth your greatest potential. Unfortunately, the reality is that bosses and clients are as worried about their own careers as you are about your own. You must take the task of marketing your strengths into your own hands. — Scott Belsky

Constant motion is the key to execution. — Scott Belsky

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

No great creative project can thrive (or even survive) off the energy of one person. — Scott Belsky

Most ideas are born and lost in isolation. — Scott Belsky

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

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

A labor of love always pays off. — Scott Belsky

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. — Scott Belsky

Ideas are worthless if you can't make them happen. — Scott Belsky

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

Rather than Surrender to Bureaucracy, take it upon yourself to break it — Scott Belsky

As part of an effort to prod college seniors to get tetanus shots, a group of students was given a lecture meant to educate them about the dangers of tetanus and the importance of getting inoculated against it. A large majority of those students reported that they were convinced and planned to get their shots, but in the end only 3 percent got them. Bu another group of students, who were presented with the same lecture, had a 28 percent inoculation rate. The difference? The second group was given a map of the campus and asked to plan their route to the health center and pick a date and time to go. Sometimes, you see, motivation isn't our problem. Rather, we need to identify life's everyday mental obstacles - regret, fatigue, overconfidence, fear, to name just four - and put ourselves into position to hurdle them. — Gary Belsky

R.G. Belsky's thought-provoking thriller, The Kennedy Connection, introduces us to a smart, witty, and human hero whose quest to find answers about two crimes - one famous, one all but unnoticed - is loaded with tension and full of unexpected twists and turns. I loved The Kennedy Connection, and can't wait for the next Gil Malloy novel. — Jan Burke

Our ability to extinguish new ideas is critical to productivity and to our capacity to scale existing projects. In a team setting, the skeptics - the ones who always question ideas first rather than falling in love with them - are the white blood cells. — Scott Belsky

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

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

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

Whether it means prizing the value of lessons learned, building games into your creative process, or getting gifts upon certain milestones of achievement, self-derived rewards make a big difference ... 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. — Scott Belsky

Overcome the stigma of self-marketing. — Scott Belsky

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

Nothing extraordinary is achieved through ordinary means. — Scott Belsky

It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen. — Scott Belsky

I thought about a line from Raymond Chandler in The Long Goodbye that I always remembered - and it somehow seemed to fit both of us. "There is no trap so deadly as the one you set for yourself. — R. G. Belsky

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. — Scott Belsky

The rewards system of the traditional workplace keeps us on track, in line with deadlines from the higher-ups. If we adhere to it, the deeply embedded rewards system of our adult lives is likely to keep s employed and secure within the status quo ... However, these tendencies become destructive as soon as we begin to pursue long-term goals or attempt something extraordinary — Scott Belsky

Discovery hapens in the overlap of difference communities ... in the clashes of difference. — Scott Belsky

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