Moonshots Quotes

“Let’s flip the paradigm, and begin with the imagined future state and work backward to the present. This is how we get to moonshot thinking.”
― Naveen Jain, Moonshots : Creating a World of Abundance

“Machiavelli, a shrewd shaper of his own world, said, “Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity, and are able to turn both to their advantage.” To the entrepreneur, it really is all the same.”
― Naveen Jain, Moonshots : Creating a World of Abundance

“If we can find a way to reduce cattle raising, for example, we’ll not only be able to bring more freshwater and food to the people who desperately need it, but also go a long way toward saving the environment. Indeed, if people really cared about the environment, instead of driving a Prius or a Tesla, all they’d have to do is stop eating beef!”
― Naveen Jain, Moonshots : Creating a World of Abundance

“If we can find a way to reduce cattle raising, for example, we’ll not only be able to bring more freshwater and food to the people who desperately need it, but also go a long way toward saving the environment. Indeed, if people really cared about the environment, instead of driving a Prius or a Tesla,”
― Naveen Jain, Moonshots : Creating a World of Abundance

“The point we make again and again is that the only truly scarce resources in this world are imagination, curiosity, and creativity.”
― Naveen Jain, Moonshots : Creating a World of Abundance

“Where others abjure ignorance and rely upon experts for clarity, the moonshot entrepreneur embraces ignorance and shuns the expert opinion. Let us be clear: without this element of the mindset, there can be no moonshot. It is prerequisite, and it finds fertile ground only in the mind of the hopelessly curious.”
― Naveen Jain, Moonshots : Creating a World of Abundance

“Rather than regulating the future, perhaps we should spend more energy deregulating imagination.”
― Naveen Jain, Moonshots : Creating a World of Abundance

“Every act is an irrevocable selection and exclusion. In other words, by making the deliberate choice—or allowing others to make the choice for us—we determine the future state!”
― Naveen Jain, Moonshots : Creating a World of Abundance