Motto Mag­a­zine brings a great inter­view between Anita Sharpe and Michael Ray, on How To Reach Your High­est Goal. Very fun week­end read­ing mate­r­ial, includ­ing plenty of quotes and reflec­tions on how cre­ativ­ity can be trained/ enhanced by one of my favorite Stan­ford MBA pro­fes­sors. Some quotes:

• “But as the 1980s began, Ray and Myers kicked off more than two decades teach­ing one of the most influ­en­tial and talked about courses at Stan­ford University’s Grad­u­ate School of Busi­ness — a class on cre­ativ­ity and inno­va­tion. They taught MBA stu­dents who would go on to become some of the great­est cre­ators in the world of busi­ness, includ­ing eBay’s first pres­i­dent, Jef­frey Skoll, and Good to Great author Jim Collins.”
• “When (Apple co-founder) Steve Jobs came to our class, every­body was say­ing we have to get into the com­puter busi­ness. He said, you don’t nec­es­sar­ily have to do that. He said, go into San Fran­cisco and get a job as a waiter and find out what comes out of that.”
• MOTTO: You have had a num­ber of renowned and suc­cess­ful stu­dents. How would you sum­ma­rize the char­ac­ter­is­tics that they share that con­tribute to their inner and outer success?
• RAY: A sense of open­ness of con­scious­ness. Those peo­ple who are Read the rest of this entry »