Rohit Bhargava > Quotes

“At 90 years old, Naisbitt still is a collector of ideas. As he often explained, if you want to get better at anticipating the future, start by getting better at understanding the present.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Curation is the ultimate method of transforming noise into meaning.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future

“The key is to connect the ideas you have gathered with the basic human needs behind them.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“predictive tests and technologies for individuals and for society, and also science-based strategies to prevent or mitigate disease and poor health." Interestingly, they characterized personalized medicine, as a "subset of personal-ized health" referring to it as "therapies that can be tailored to an individual's own genetics and physiology.”
― Rohit Bhargava, ePatient 2015: 15 Surprising Trends Changing Health Care

“What Every Body Is Saying, by Joe Navarro. If you need to learn”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“People with growth mindsets believe that success and achievement are the result of hard work and determination. They see their own (and others’) true potential as something to be defined through effort. As a result, they thrive on challenges and often have a passion for learning.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future

“The Laws of Simplicity, by John Maeda.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Step 4—Naming”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Tips & Tricks: How to Aggregate Ideas”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“This shift has led some economists to use the term “usership” rather than ownership to describe the kind of control we increasingly want over the products and services we need or want. In other words, we want to use a product, not necessarily own it. Consumers are interested in flexibility, not in long term commitment and fixed costs. And they are willing to pay for only the portion they use directly from its owner either on a case-by-case basis—such as taking an Uber or renting an Airbnb—or a recurrent one.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Take the time to reflect on a point of view before sharing it in a considered way.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“The best way to get value from the daily deluge of media is to form a habit of saving the most interesting stories to examine later.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Although some trends may seem to spotlight a currently popular story or cultural event, they typically describe behaviors and beliefs that develop over time.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Non-Obvious Mindset #5: Be Elegant”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Step 2—Aggregating”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Take Notes with a Sharpie.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“ADD LABELS.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Describe ideas or insights in more beautiful, deliberate, simple, and understandable ways.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“The reason diversity quotas or affirmative action initiatives exist is to open a door that might otherwise be shut. But opening that door just enough to let one person through and then letting it shut once more isn’t the progress we need.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Beyond Diversity

“I believe that anyone can learn the right habits to train themselves on becoming better at curating trends and predicting the future for themselves.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future

“3 Ways to Think More Elegantly”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“The HayStack Method: STEP #1 Gathering”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“one of the most profound consequences of our information-filled world: the shrinking human attention span.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future

“Idea Sources: Where to Gather Ideas”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“The line between trends and fads can be blurry. Although some trends may seem to spotlight a currently popular story or cultural event, they typically describe behaviors and beliefs that develop over time. Fads describe something that’s briefly popular but doesn’t last. Great trends reflect a moment in time, but that moment is never fleeting, and the basic idea is more elevated.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“grouped them together as examples of a shared trend which I called Shoptimization. The trend described how technology was helping consumers optimize the process of buying everything from home goods and fashion to medical prescriptions.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“THREE WAYS TO BECOME MORE OBSERVANT”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“There’s almost nothing in the news that any of us need to read in the first hour of the day. When you reach for your phone or your laptop upon waking, you’re immediately inviting anxiety and chaos into your life. You’re also bidding adieu to some of the most potentially fertile moments in the life of a creative person.13 – Austin Kleon is a bestselling author of three books, including Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!”
― Rohit Bhargava, The Non-Obvious Guide to Working Remotely:

“RReason #4 - No Application”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Be Observant Learning to notice the small details in stories and life that others may ignore or fail to recognize as significant.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future