Greatness
exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity
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Greatness
The best reason to not cut corners:
If you didn't get the response you were hoping for, how can you know if it was because your idea was bad vs. you cut corners?
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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
The founder of Teenage Engineering opens up to his creative space
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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
... See moreSuzy Wetlaufer • The Perfect Paradox of Star Brands: An Interview with Bernard Arnault of LVMH
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
Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #351
youtube.com"It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set."
—Josh Waitzkin
Mastery of basics, not secret techniques, makes legends.
Look at Roger Gracie's BJJ dominance—leverage and positioning. Jiro... See more
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