Quotes About Evolution

humans have dragged a body with a long hominid history into an overfed, malnourished, sedentary, sunlight-deficient, sleep-deprived, competitive, inequitable, and socially-isolating environment with dire consequences." The

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

For many of us, the happiest future is one that's precisely like the past, except a little better

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.

The reason it's difficult to learn something new is that it will change you into someone who disagrees with the person you used to be.

Think for a second about the people you know who are engaged, satisfied, eager to get to work. Most of them, I'll bet, make change.

the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

The status quo doesn't shift because you're right. It shifts because the culture changes. And the engine of culture is status.

I'm imagining that your colleagues aren't stupid. But when the world changes, the rules change. And if you insist on playing today's games by yesterday's rules, you're stuck. Stuck with a stupid strategy. Because the world changed. Some organizations are stuck. Others move quickly. In a changing world, who's having more fun?

Deep change is difficult, and worth it

Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be something we used to fear.

You need editors, not brand managers,who will push the envelope to make [a brand media property] go forward.

REDO THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THE BUSINESS PLAN EVERY THREE MONTHS

You don't have to like change to take advantage of it.

change is the first sign of risk.

the best ideas require significant change. They fly in the face of the status quo, and inertia is a powerful force.

Marketers make things better by making change happen.

Fact is, the first 100 years of our country's history were about who could build the biggest, most efficient farm. And the second century focused on the race to build factories. Welcome to the third century, folks. The third century is about ideas.

Ship your work. It's good enough. Then, make it better.

if we canceled the shuttle, we'd create an urgent need for a replacement. The lack of a way to get to space would force us to invent a new, better, cheaper alternative.

The industrial age is ending, and a new one is beginning. It produces art instead of stuff and it rewards gracefulness.

on our way to becoming the person we seek to be.

The first rule the music business failed to understand is that, at least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin. Soon enough, the new thing will be better than the old thing. But if you wait until then, it's going to be too late.

Industries don't die by surprise. It's not as if you didn't know it was coming. It's not as if you didn't know whom to call (or hire).