Jiro Ono: Simplicity Is The Ultimate Advantage | Founders Podcast with David Senra (#397) • Podcast Notes
Jiro's mastery of sushi through simplicity, minimalism, and intentional differentiation as lessons for excellence in any craft
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And something that stands out in the documentary, again, what I'm trying to do is like, I'm not really trying to talk about sushi or sushi chef. I'm interested in these ideas, like you can extract, turn everything into an extraction, take the ideas out of his approach to his craft and think about how can we use them for ours.
One of my favorite
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The power of clear communication and being easy to understand: distilling complex ideas into memorable maxims to facilitate help and spread influence effectively
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Yeah. So this is really, again, another idea from Steve Jobs where easy to interface with, easy to understand. I think ideas and products, if they're easy to understand, they're easy to spread. So that's what's important. That's why he's like, go back to the clear communication.
You understand, like, I tend to think in maxims and I spend a lot of
... See more"It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set."
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Mastery of basics, not secret techniques, makes legends.
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