Greatness
exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity
by sari and · updated 3mo ago
Greatness
A lot of companies talk about quality, but if you want your brand to be timeless, you have to be a fanatic about it. Before we launch a Louis Vuitton suitcase, for example, we put it in a torture machine, where it is opened and closed five times per minute for three weeks. And that is not all—it is thrown, and shaken, and crushed. You would laugh i
... See morefrom The Perfect Paradox of Star Brands: An Interview with Bernard Arnault of LVMH by Suzy Wetlaufer
sari added 1y ago
- The most important lesson I’ve learned for developing new products: You don’t have to be the first person to come up with a product idea. In fact, that will rarely be the case. But you can almost always make an existing idea better. And that’s when you get the big wins.
from Tweet by Jeff Morris Jr.
sari added 1y ago
- Quality is so rare generally that people are often surprised by it.
Quality rarely happens as an accident, it usually means someone is willing to go further building something that necessarily. At least, someone has to be motivated and allowed to do it, not forced to solely focus on some measurements.
Quality, brand and culture are some of those inta... See morefrom Tweet by Karri Saarinen
sari and added 1y ago
- 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.
from The Cost of Greatness by Evan Armstrong
sari added 1y ago
- When I see outsized success I’m aware it’s a result of trying more, sometimes trying and failing for years or in a way that lacks social recognition. When I’m moved to tears by mastery of craft — the elegance of movement, of process, it’s due to devotion of time and spirit. Things don’t just become great by accident. Most times its a long and quiet... See more
from highly concentrated effort by Nix 🕊
sari added 10mo ago
Low expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we aim high, we’ll get better results.
from Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang
sari added 1y ago
obsessing over quality often demands that you slow down, as the focus required to get better is simply not compatible with busyness.
from Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
sari added 6mo ago
- Reaching 95%-ile isn't very impressive because it's not that hard to do. I think this is one of my most ridiculable ideas. It doesn't help that, when stated nakedly, that sounds elitist. But I think it's just the opposite: most people can become (relatively) good at most things.
from 95%-Ile Isn't That Good by Atul Gawande
sari added 1y ago
- When you make something, when you improve something, when you deliver something, when you add some new thing or service to the lives of strangers, making them happier, or healthier, or safer, or better, and when you do it all crisply and efficiently, smartly, the way everything should be done but so seldom is—you’re participating more fully in the ... See more
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
sari added 1y ago