Adam Grant
- Originals
We lose creativity in the pressure to achieve (traditional) success and in overwhelming fear of failure. To appear creative we find surface ways of appearing original like donning a bright red jacket and embracing weird fashion and justifying its appeal. There are so few originals in life because people are afraid to speak up and stand out.
Stephen Covey
- 7 habits of highly effective people
Successful people have the habit of doing things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either, necessarily, but their disliking is subordinate to their purpose.