Rohit Bhargava > Quotes

“1. Being curious means asking questions about why things work the way they do, and embracing unfamiliar situations or topics with a sense of wonder. 2. Being observant means training yourself to see the details that most others often miss. 3. Being fickle means capturing ideas without feeling the need to fully understand or analyze them in that moment. 4. Being thoughtful means taking the time to reflect on a point of view and share it in a considered way. 5. Being elegant means developing your ability to describe a concept in a beautiful and simple way for easy understanding.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future

“consider how frequent-flier miles work. You don’t take a flight, collect a few thousand miles, and turn around immediately and try to use them. Instead, you collect those miles until you finally accrue enough to go somewhere interesting. What if you could collect ideas the way most of us collect frequent-flier miles?”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Haystack Method Step 1: Sources and methods used for Gathering When writing reminders, keep these principles in mind:”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“On the surface, this trend may seem at odds with the disturbing rise of xenophobia across the world. Yet there are signs that the current climate of hate is fueled largely by a contained but loud group of anti-immigrant populists and outrage-wielding politicians who stand to profit from it. Their movements don’t reflect the beliefs of most people. In fact, the evidence shows that people are becoming more accepting of others, not less. One study found that three years after Donald Trump was elected president, racial prejudice in many areas of the United States actually went down.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Non-Obvious Mindset #1: Be Observant Pay attention to the world, and train yourself to notice the details that others miss.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Be Curious: What to Read”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Do you read the same sources of media religiously every day? Or do you skim social media occasionally and sometimes click on the links your connections share to continue reading?”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Later, when you’re going through your gathered ideas, these notes will be useful in recalling what originally sparked your interest.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“The trend-spotter myth drives many people to equate the process of identifying trends with finding a needle in a haystack.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Those with the least social capital and power shouldn’t be asked to instigate the most change.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Beyond Diversity

“People with fixed mindsets believe that their skills and abilities are set. They see themselves as being either good or bad at something and tend to focus their efforts on tasks and careers where they feel they have a natural ability.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“A trend is a unique curated observation of the accelerating present.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“it can force you to evaluate things more quickly and just focus on the big picture.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“How to Make Sense of Any Mess, by Abby Covert.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“FIND THE BLUR. As you think about how to transform your business strategy, consider what would happen if you put two unlikely models together. What if you sold cars the way that a donut shop sells donuts? Or what if Airbnb decided to start a pharmacy? These sorts of mind-bending questions encourage us to think outside our comfort zone and find new ideas in the “blur” between industries. Some of these ideas may seem farfetched and impossible, but they can lead to an actionable idea as you work your way backwards from crazy to possible.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Great trends are never obvious declarations of fact that most people already know.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Good trends always focus on the shift in an underlying human behavior or belief.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“Often the meaning of ideas and the connections among them surface only after setting the ideas aside.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

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

“Sometimes brands make a stand more quietly. Deep inside one of the world’s most famous factories, located in the tiny town of Billund, Denmark, more than a hundred engineers and scientists are collaborating to redesign a product that has worked perfectly for more than eighty years. The LEGO Sustainable Materials Centre, a well-funded group within LEGO, is dedicated to finding more sustainable materials within the next decade to make the company’s iconic bricks. In 2018 the group launched its first innovation, making flexible pieces such as leaves and palm trees from a plant-based plastic sourced from sugar cane. This sense of commitment to the environment is deeply felt at LEGO. Its efforts may inspire more such initiatives across the toy industry, especially if consumers take note of LEGO’s efforts and demand similar forward-looking commitments from other companies as well.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“A non-obvious trend is an idea that describes the accelerating present in a new, unique way.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future

“trend is a curated observation of the accelerating present.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“PUT YOUR DEVICES AWAY.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“How to Be Observant”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Personal conversations at events or meetings Listening to live speakers or TED Talks Entertainment Books Museums Magazines and newspapers Travel!”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Keep It Short.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“The more we know about a topic, for example, the more difficult it becomes to think outside our expertise and broaden our view. Psychologists describe this phenomenon as the “curse of knowledge.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future

“This Will Make You Smarter”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“Seek Concepts, Not Conclusions.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends and Win The Future

“A trend is a curated observation of the accelerating present.”
― Rohit Bhargava, Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future