Greatness
exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity
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Greatness
greatness isn't random
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
Dan Gardner • 4 highlights
amazon.comLove this definition of art, from Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance:
... See moreArt is anything you can do well, anything you can do with quality, anything where there are options for doing it well or poorly. And there are very few things in this world that don't have options for doing it well or poorly. So you can make an art
“anything where there are options for doing it well or poorly”
Patrick Collison on Stripe:
“My intuition is that more of Stripe success than one would think is down to the fact that people like beautiful things and for rational reasons.
Because, what does a beautiful thing tell you? It tells you the person who made it really cared, and you can observe... See more
There is a tension; the longer you remain committed to a single cause of greatness, the more incapable you become of being good enough at everything else.
Evan Armstrong • The Cost of Greatness
On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings
goodreads.com
haven't read yet but was recommended on a podcast - excerpts from the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on quality and related concepts. will edit this note with takeaways once i've read.
