Sublime
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A still heavier obligation, not always acknowledged, is to leave to future generations as wide and interesting a range of options as our generation inherited from our forebears.
Herbert A. Simon • Models of My Life
In Randy Pausch’s book The Last Lecture he says that “the brick walls in the road aren’t there to keep you out, they’re there to keep everyone else out and give you a chance to prove how much you want it.”
Danny Iny • The Audience Revolution: The Smarter Way to Build a Business, Make a Difference, and Change the World
Leaving money to his children: “I want to leave them enough so they can do anything but not enough so they can do nothing”
Andrew Kilpatrick • The Wit and Wisdom of Warren Buffett (OPV Short Reads Book 2)
Ive was a fan of the German industrial designer Dieter Rams, who worked for the electronics firm Braun. Rams preached the gospel of “Less but better,” Weniger aber besser, and likewise Jobs and Ive wrestled with each new design to see how much they could simplify it.
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
What if we start by just trying to make something that lasts longer than average?
Ryan Holiday • Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
His 2015 TED talk, “What Really Matters at the End of Life,” was among the top 15 most viewed TED talks of 2015.
