Greatness
exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity
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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On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings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.
in a world drowning in mediocrity, giving a shit is the most durable competitive advantage
Morale compounds via work: high morale helps you do good work, which increases your morale and helps you do even better work. But this cycle also operates in the other direction: if you're not doing good work, that can demoralize you and make it even harder to. Since it matters so much for this cycle to be running in the right direction, it can be... See more
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
-Steve Jobs
If Apple was a democracy (aka customers don’t know what they want. or greatness requires a certain degree of dictatorship)
Themundanityofexcellence
academics.hamilton.eduGreatness is mundane
The founder of Teenage Engineering opens up to his creative space
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