Greatness
exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity
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Greatness
such ease and joy. we sometimes feel that in order to succeed we have to take it seriously and we have to put our own identities and selves on the line to achieve greatness. excelling without ego feels like a high level of mastery. to endure sacrifice and not desire to win, but to simply enjoy the stage. that’s hard and an amazing and admirable place to arrive it. the ego promoting the endeavour’s seriousness vs effortless and unattached excellence….
One of the best ideas I learned from Kobe Bryant:
“Don’t copy the what. Copy the how”
Kobe would study greatness in any domain. Sports, music, business, art, whatever.
This is why:
“No matter what discipline you are in, there’s a... See more
obsessing over quality often demands that you slow down, as the focus required to get better is simply not compatible with busyness.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
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
Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create.
Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
Naval Ravikanttwitter.com