Tag: Comfort

‘Having a grasp of how to apply our deeper passions to the work we do is the significant difference between doing work that’s simply good and doing work that’s brilliant.’- Todd Henry

‘Comfort is frequently the enemy of greatness. When you choose to default to comfort, you are choosing to be less affective in your life.’- Todd Henry

‘No matter what you say about your priorities, where you spend money and your time will prove them out.’- Todd Henry

‘To spend our time effectively means that we are willing to view out time as a portfolio of investments, not as a slot machine.’- Todd Henry

‘Growth is uncomfortable, but without the discomfort our capacity doesn’t remain the same, it shrinks.’- Todd Henry

‘Making a break from thinking about ourselves and our problems for a while often frees up insight that is lurking just beneath the surface.’- Todd Henry

‘While our minds are unparalleled in their capacity to experience and assimilate information, they also have a limited bandwidth for doing so.’- Todd Henry

‘When you are planning your life, you need to account for every commitment you make in every area.’- Todd Henry

‘If the young growth isn’t prunned back, the vine will bear less fruit and eventually produce none at all.’- Todd Henry

‘Innovation is the collective grasp for ‘next’, and it’s always built on the work of those who went before.’- Todd Henry

‘Sometimes others can give you perspective on projects or show you potential solutions that you’ve overlooked.’- Todd Henry

‘There are enough limitations in place thanks to your organization, your peers, and your clients; you don’t need to limit yourself, too.’- Todd Henry

‘The more opaque the decision-making process, the more likely that misinterpretation and misalignment will follow.’- Todd Henry

‘When it comes to your effectiveness, fake work is often more dangerous than no work at all.’- Todd Henry

‘To attempt to be perpetually brilliant and increasingly productive, without changing the basic habits and structure of your life to accommodate that undertaking, is a futile effort.’- Todd Henry

‘Anyone can improve his ability to generate good ideas consistently if willing to be a little more purposeful in how to approach the creative process.’- Todd Henry

‘If you want to deliver the right idea at the right moment, you must begin the process far upstream from when you need that idea.’- Todd Henry