Book Titles

The Messy Middle
Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture

By Scott Belsky

Year Published: 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0735218079
Categories: Boldness, Entrepreneurship, Volatility

122 Quotes Found

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The Messy Middle:

Take great care to ensure past assumptions and old truths never obstruct new discoveries. Be open, humble, and eager to learn that you’re wrong – before someone else does.

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The Messy Middle:

Speed through the generic stuff, but take the time you need to perfect the few things that you’re most proud of.

195

The Messy Middle:

Remember that customers don’t engage with functionality. They engage with experiences.

195

The Messy Middle:

To give bold ideas a chance, sometimes you need to act first and then adjust them as necessary.

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The Messy Middle:

The bolder your idea – and the more foreign the change – the more pushback you should expect.

200

The Messy Middle:

Society tends to eventually celebrate what was, at first, shunned. Companies are no different.

202

The Messy Middle:

The best decisions tend to be the hardest and least popular.

203

The Messy Middle:

When working in a group, innovators must be willing to be the fool.

204

The Messy Middle:

For extraordinary outcomes, seek conviction in your work and build teams that value conviction over consensus.

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The Messy Middle:

Don’t give those resistant to change false hope for things staying the same; when a decision is made, declare the implications and chop off the rearview mirror.

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