Alara
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Alara
PRESENT
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This site is very cool. “PRESENT is a magazine about creating and self-reflection where we speak with makers about their path and philosophies. It’s a space for honest conversations about discipline, fear, process and confidence.”
The greatest thing Jobs designed was his business. Apple imagined and executed definite multi-year plans to create new products and distribute them effectively. Forget “minimum viable products”—ever since he started Apple in 1976, Jobs saw that you can change the world through careful planning, not by listening to focus group feedback or copying ot... See more
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
By Seth Godin, 2007
Self-help is a very flawed genre but this one is a gem. Maybe the best thing about it is that it really is short—more of a blog post than a book (but power to Godin for turning it into one).
I read this at just the right time, at a time in my life when I felt ... See more
By Seth Godin, 2007
Self-help is a very flawed genre but this one is a gem. Maybe the best thing about it is that it really is short—more of a blog post than a book (but power to Godin for turning it into one).
I read this at just the right time, at a time in my life when I felt ... See more
The people in these observatories make records of what they see, hear and detect. One observation on its own is a curiosity. But enough observations, from enough people, over enough years can help map a corner of existence.
Make Something Wonderful | Book | Steve Jobs Archive
stevejobsarchive.com
research is a way of life
it is an ongoing process that should be fun and led by curiosity and a desire to explore what is unknown to you
it goes beyond what formal education tells you research is— it should not feel like something you have to do. it should be something you love to do because research exists everywhere— research is looking up a recip
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