Roger von Oech
Roger von Oech
Roger von Oechis an American speaker, conference organizer, author, and toy-maker whose focus has been on the study of creativity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
life
Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them.
life taken college
By the time the average person finishes college, he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes, and exams. The right answer approach becomes deeply ingrained in our thinking. This may be fine for some mathematical problems where there is in fact only one right answer. The difficulty is that most of life isn’t this way. Life is ambiguous; there are many right answers- all depending on what you’re looking for. But if you think there is only one right answer, then you’ll stop looking as soon as you find one.
inspirational life-is-like trying
Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.
certainly mother necessity
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
crazy advice mind
Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind and ask what's funny about what you're doing.
junkyard destination ultimate
Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.
thinking way becoming
The worlds of thought and action overlap. What you think has a way of becoming true.
discovery close-relationship
There is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.
answers looks right-answers
Look for the second right answer.
attitude lazy answers
Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these questions, that's your warning to Kick that attitude!
mistake creative-juices locks
It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into outside areas, or under the influence of any of the other mental locks.
thinking
When everyone thinks alike, no one is doing very much thinking.
issues light burning
Most burning issues generate far more heat than light.
important explorers willing
It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.