Greatness

exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity

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Rick Rubin on Cultivating World-Class Artists (Jay Z, Johnny Cash, etc.), Losing 100+ Pounds, and Breaking Down The Complex (#76)

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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. -Steve Jobs

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The founder of Teenage Engineering opens up to his creative space

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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

Jim Collins • 7 highlights

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Cover of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

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Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager

Daniel McGinn hbr.org

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Low expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we aim high, we’ll get better results.

Ted Chiang • Exhalation: Stories

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Last Year You Said Next Year – Linear

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Love this definition of art, from Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance:

Art 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

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“anything where there are options for doing it well or poorly”