“[This effectively means] that every single thing in your company breaks every time you roughly triple in size. “He was the first employee at Rakuten, and now they’ve got 10,000 or more. He said when you’re just one person, everything kind of works. You sort of figure it out. And then, at some point, you have three people, and now, things are kind

Rave reviews of the books Sapiens, Poor Charlie’s Almanack, Influence, and Man’s Search for Meaning, among others ► The habit of listening to single songs on repeat for focus (here) ► Nearly everyone has done some form of “spec” work (completing projects on their own time and dime, then submitting them to prospective buyers)

“[In the case of the poorly designed standard umbrella] I would, for example, immediately think about, let’s say, the Japanese and their love of origami, and the mathematics of paper folding. That would be a place that I might see whether I could mine that silo of expertise for any application to the umbrella. Very often, it’s a question of being

read Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca

involve communication, either written or verbal. And it could be as simple as learning how to sell more effectively than 75% of the world.

“Did Shakespeare Invent Love?” by Nerdwriter.

#13—Am I hunting antelope or field mice?

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman

“Interval training [often at midday or lunch break] and meditation together are beautiful habits to develop to cultivate the art of turning it on and turning it off.”