Wise advice on innovation

The key to success is to find a way to stand out—to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins - Seth Godin
The core message is brutal but simple: being very good is no longer good enough. To win, you have to be fundamentally, unignorably different.

Innovation Quote

Leaders see what is possible, not what is present - Dale Carnegie
At its core, this quote means that leadership is defined by vision. It's the ability to look beyond the immediate, often messy, reality and see the future that could be built from it.