Guy Kawasaki, marketing and Net guru, recommends this in his Tweet: The Top Five Innovation Killers

Although the article mentions 5 top innovation killers, there were 2 that really resonated with me:

1. An intolerance of failure. The #1 top tactic for innovation, according to expert innovators, is to ‘experiment fearlessly’. Nothing works first time, so you may as well get it wrong as soon as you can. If you cannot accept failure you are unlikely to see too much innovation, no matter how much money you throw at it.
2. A desire for a magic pill, not a daily exercise regime. This requires innovation as a way of life rather than as an isolated change programme.

I have always seen people looking for a magic pill or a silver bullet to solve all their problems in business.  In fact, in my 20′s, in a fuzzy, unformed way, I probably thought that as well.  But experience shows that success most often comes from putting one foot in front of the other every day. Wasn’t it Einstein who said genius is 1 part inspiration and 99 parts perspiraton?