Joel A. Barker

“The people who create new paradigms are almost always outsiders.”

“When a paradigm shifts, everyone goes back to zero.”

“What may be impossible in one paradigm may be easy in another.”

“To go back to zero, to be a pioneer, requires a special characteristic: courage.”

“A paradigm is a set of rules and regulations that defines boundaries and tells you what to do to be successful within those boundaries.”

“Paradigms act as filters. They select from all the data in the world that which best fits our rules and regulations.”

“Intuition is what you use when you don't have all the data. It is a very important problem-solving tool.”

“You can and should shape your own future; because if you don't, someone else surely will.”

“The problems we have now are the problems of our success.”

“Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.”

“Remember, you can be right and still be out of business.”

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.”

“To be a leader, you must have a vision.”

“Thinking inside the box is not all bad. It's what you do 99 percent of the time because it's what gets the job done.”

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

“What you perceive is what you receive.”

“The new idea is always judged by the old idea.”