Greatness
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Greatness
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.
Atul Gawande • 95%-Ile Isn't That Good
Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Starring Jiro Ono and Yoshikazu Ono | A Magnolia Pictures Film | Own it on DVD, Blu-ray™ or on Digital HD
magpictures.coma thought-provoking read on energetic aliens - the rare few that can sustain their focus on cognitive tasks for more than the avg 4-6hrs a day without burning out.
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.
Jeff Morris Jr. • Tweet
Fermat's Library | The Mundanity of Excellence: An Ethnographic Report on Stratification and Olympic Swimmers annotated/explained version.
fermatslibrary.com
really great read from.a former Instagram designer on the dysfunction of today’s largest tech companies.
I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems.
Poetry and Ambition
greatness isn't random