Thought provoking
To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just redo it, redo it, redo it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.
Kevin Kelly • 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
“It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.'”
— Mary Kay Ash
“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.”
― T.S. Eliot, The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
― T.S. Eliot, The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
In our design sprints, we found that if we ended each workday before people were exhausted, the week’s productivity increased dramatically. Even shortening the day by thirty minutes made a big difference.
Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky • Make Time
“There will be only answers,” the writer Marguerite Duras said in 1985 when a TV show asked her to make a prediction about the year 2000. “The demand will be such that there will only be answers. All texts will be answers… about [man’s] body, his corporeal future, his health, his family life, his salary, his leisure. It’s not far from a nightmare.
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No one ever complained that their team was too aligned.
Jasper Polak • The Hidden Power of Planning
Simplicity is difficult because most of us are overcompensating for uncertainty. Adding something is easy. But removing something is hard, because it requires conviction. It’s easier to hedge against uncertainty, entertain multiple paths, and dilute your focus than to develop a strong opinion about what to exclude.
Things I'm thinking about
historically the company’s strength has never been grounded and rooted in execution. The only new product launch that succeeded was Airbnb.com. Every other big launch over the last eight years has actually been a complete flop. Our strength and the focus of leadership has always been marketing and storytelling. It was never been about technology ex
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