Gordon Mackenzie Quotes

Biography: Gordon MacKenzie is best known for his book "Orbiting the Giant Hairba... more Biography: Gordon MacKenzie is best known for his book "Orbiting the Giant Hairball," which provides insightful guidance on fostering creativity within corporate environments. Drawing from his 30 years at Hallmark Cards, MacKenzie illustrates how to navigate and thrive amidst the bureaucratic "hairball" of business constraints. less

"To be fully free to create, we must first find the courage and willingness to let go: Let go of the strategies that have worked for us in the past... Let go of our biases, the foundation of our illusions... Let go of our grievances, the root source of our victimhood... Let go of our so-often-denied fear of being found unlovable""What is the biggest obstacle to creativity? Attachment to outcome. As soon as you become attached to a specific outcome, you feel compelled to control and manipulate what you're doing and in the process you shut yourself off to other possibilities. Creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about experimenting and discovering""You have a masterpiece inside you, you know. One unlike any that has ever been created, or ever will be. If you go to your grave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it. Only you.""If you go to your grave without painting your master piece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it"

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