Quotes by Max McKeown

Nowists get off on getting on, so they run when they could walk, jump when they could sit and dance when they could sit at the edge. They regret inaction, so simply act.

If you dont start, youre finished.

Only the right pain gets the right gain.

The best things happen to those who dont wait.

If life is fast, live faster.

You get told to look before you leap. But if you are too careful you may end up just looking.

Pushing your limits is what allows you to grow stronger, so if you find yourself feeling passive, it can make sense to dial it up a little. Get moving. Accomplish something small. Do something you enjoy. Embrace what moves you. And start again.

Embrace the perpetual joy of moving perpetually forward.

Your life is what happens when youre busy trying to become unbusy.

Nowists are more likely to experience joy because they embrace the uncertainty of existence. They are switched on by the uncertain stuff of human life and come alive when faced with life at its most uncontrollable.

All weve got is Now. Life, composed of a billion moments, from our first to our last thoughts.

Innovation is deviance which means that the rebellious personality is a natural resource for practical creativity. As an innovator, you need to reject the old to establish a new, better, status quo. And one of the most powerful sources of newness is the rebel or maverick, mind.

The psychology of individual creativity is about at least three different things. First, creativity is about thinking differently. Second, creativity is about feeling differently. Third, creativity is about focusing, or committing, differently.

As an innovator, you need to be aware of how traditions, habits and bias can act as barriers to accepting new ideas.

Culture is the sum of the values, beliefs and assumptions of human groups.

Innovation can start with wanting what does not yet exist - and finding a solution - or seeing what does not yet exist - and finding an opportunity.

Before innovation - or practical creativity - there is insight. You must see the world differently.

Innovation is about practical creativity - its about making new ideas useful...

Plug into the anti-obvious power of the rebel. Or get those opposing minds to plug into your purpose, to solve your problem, to reimagine your process.

The true parents of creativity are curiosity and necessity.