Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they’re going to make mistakes.

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"Inventories can be managed but people must be led."

- Ross Perot

Leadership

"Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown."

- Ross Perot

Perseverance

"Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You’d be amazed how many companies don’t listen to their customers."

- Ross Perot

Empathy

"Eagles don’t flock, you have to find them one at a time."

- Ross Perot

Independence

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

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"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

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"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

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"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

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