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Little Bets : How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

by Peter Sims
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Discover breakthrough ideas with little bets.

Little Bets could be a good read for anyone looking to enhance creativity, embrace failure as part of the process, and take a more flexible approach to problem-solving. Through real-life case studies from a variety of industries, Peter Sims shows that taking small risks and trying new things, even if they don't work out, can ultimately lead to success and innovation. Sims' philosophy can be applied to both personal and professional endeavors and offers a refreshing perspective on failure, risk-taking, and the pursuit of excellence.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Little Bets : How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

by Peter Sims
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ISBN: 9781847940483
Authors: Peter Sims
Publisher: Random House Business Books
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Personal Development
Related Topics: Personal Development, Management, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Self Help, Personal Development, Leadership, Psychology, Productivity, Business
Goodreads rating: 3.78
(rated by 4124 readers)

Description

How can errors produce perfection? How can failure fuel ambition? How can confusion enhance creativity? The little bets. The little bets approach is about using negativity to positive effect. If your plans fall apart, refine them; if you don't know where best to begin, just begin somewhere. Every decision is a take a chance and see what happens. In "Little Bets", bestselling author Peter Sims turns problems on their heads and outlines a counter-intuitive path to perfection. Using real-life case studies from the worlds of business, design, warfare and even comedy, he shows that it can be more rational to act first and think later, more efficient to fail and find out what doesn't work. It's a flexible philosophy that has both saved corporate giants such as Apple and Pixar and inspired the third-world microfinancing industry. When success is the only acceptable outcome, "Little Bets" advocates a bold and radical approach in which failure is good, questions are solutions, and excellence is not a means but an end.
 

Discover breakthrough ideas with little bets.

Little Bets could be a good read for anyone looking to enhance creativity, embrace failure as part of the process, and take a more flexible approach to problem-solving. Through real-life case studies from a variety of industries, Peter Sims shows that taking small risks and trying new things, even if they don't work out, can ultimately lead to success and innovation. Sims' philosophy can be applied to both personal and professional endeavors and offers a refreshing perspective on failure, risk-taking, and the pursuit of excellence.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.