The goal, then, is to uncouple fear and failure–to create an environment in which making mistakes doesn’t strike terror into your employees’ hearts.

Ed Catmull
Some Similar Quotes
  1. There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first,... - John Lennon

  2. Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence. - Unknown

  3. We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss. - Cassandra Clare

  4. Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ..each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add... - Tennessee Williams

  5. We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life. Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes... - Maya Angelou

More Quotes By Ed Catmull
  1. But I should caution that if you seek to plot out all your moves before you make them–if you put your faith in slow, deliberative planning in the hopes it will spare you failure down the line–well, you’re deluding yourself. For one thing, it’s easier...

  2. It isn't enough to pick a path–you must go down it. By doing so, you see things you couldn't possibly see when you started out; you may not like what you see, some of it may be confusing, but at least you will have, as...

  3. This principle eludes most people, but it is critical: You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged.

  4. When it come to creative inspiration, job titles and hierarchy are meaningless.

  5. Trust doesn't mean that you trust that someone won't screw up– it means you trust them even when they do screw up.

Related Topics