Peter Diamandis Quotes

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• The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.

  Peter Diamandis

  Motivational, Crazy, Ideas

  Twitter post from May 31, 2009

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• Stuff goes wrong. Expect it, learn from it, fix it. That's how remarkable happens.

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  Stuff, Remarkable, Happens

  Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (2016). “Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• Find that thing that you are passionate about, that you will do day or night whether someone pays you or not...because if you have that, you will have gold.

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  Night, Gold, Passionate

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• We are racing toward a world of abundance, and we are going to be increasing the quality of life for everyone on this planet. The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.

  Peter Diamandis

  Opportunity, Racing, Quality

  "Peter Diamandis: Entrepreneur reaches to skies to benefit Earth" by Julian Guthrie, www.sfgate.com. July 5, 2014.

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• The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people.

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  People, Way, Helping

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• The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.

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  Rate Of Change, Rate, Constant

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2017

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• Small teams driven by their passion with a clear focus can do extraordinary things. Things that only large corporations and governments could do in the past.

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  Team, Passion, Past

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• Technology is a resource-liberating force!

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  Technology, Resources, Force

  "Invasion of the flying robots" by Richard Galant, www.cnn.com. March 04, 2012.

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• Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.

  Peter Diamandis

  News, Sells, Bad News

  Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (2014). “Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• An expert is someone who can tell you exactly how it can't be done.

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  Experts, Done

  Twitter post from Dec 21, 2012

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• Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

  Peter Diamandis

  Block, Thinking, Innovation

  "Why Billion-Dollar, 100-Year-Old Companies DIE" by Peter Diamandis, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2013.

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• The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the stars.

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  Stars, Earth, Meek

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• Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.

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  Risk, Breakthrough

  "X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis Has His Eyes on the Future". Interview with Ted Greenwald, www.wired.com. June 22, 2012.

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• What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It's persistence. It's making your own luck.

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  Giving Up, Persistence, Luck

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• If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.

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  Risk, Purpose, Missions

  "Prof. Hawking Goes Weightless - The True Story" by Peter Diamandis, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2013.

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• Creating abundance [is] not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility.

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  Luxury, Creating, Abundance

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• When faced without a challenge, make one

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  Challenges

  Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (2016). “Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• The quality of your life is a function of who you go through life with.

  Peter Diamandis

  Quality, Life Is, Function

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• Today, a group of 20 individuals empowered by the exponential growing technologies of AI and robotics and computers and networks and eventually nanotechnology can do what only nation states could have done before.

  Peter Diamandis

  Technology, Groups, Done

  Interview with Paul Hoffman, bigthink.com. January 26, 2010.

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• True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough products disrupt current lines of businesses.

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  Mean, Past, Lines

  "Why Billion-Dollar, 100-Year-Old Companies DIE" by Peter Diamandis, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2013.

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• The question companies have to ask, or governments have to ask is, where do we allow crazy ideas to bubble up? Because if there is a failure, what happens? Someone gets blame. There's a lawsuit, there's a congressional investigation. And so, those things shut down the creative engine.

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  Crazy, Ideas, Government

  Big Think Interview With Peter Diamandis, bigthink.com.

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• If you give people unlimited time and money, they'll do things the same old way. But if they have to achieve the goal in a brief time, they'll either give up or try something new.

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  Giving Up, People, Goal

  "X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis Has His Eyes on the Future". Interview with Ted Greenwald, www.wired.com. June 22, 2012.

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• Imagine a world of nine billion people with clean water, nutritious food, affordable housing, personalized education, top-tier medical care, and nonpolluting, ubiquitous energy. Building this better world is humanity's grandest challenge.

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  People, Water, Challenges

  Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (2014). “Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• More than ever before in history, individuals can now band together to solve grand challenges. We face enormous problems, but we 'as individuals' have enormous power to solve them.

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  Challenges, Together, Band

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• You need to be a little crazy to change the world, and you can’t really fake it.

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  Crazy, Fake, Needs

  Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (2012). “Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think”, p.233, Simon and Schuster

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