Greatness
exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity
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Greatness
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
Jim Collins • 7 highlights
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How Rick Rubin and Kanye West make groundbreaking creative work.
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Themundanityofexcellence
academics.hamilton.eduGreatness is mundane
The human species was given this tremendous gift of neuroplasticity, the ability to change ourselves and be better in deliberate ways. My definition of greatness is anyone that’s making that effort, even in a tiny way, just to take this incredible machinery that we were given—our nervous system—and to leverage it toward being better, feeling
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Rick Rubin on turning Metallica around
It’s always better to think and work backwards from great than it is to work forward from good
Compulsion. I think about that word a lot. I believe that all of us, carelessly walking about planet earth, are intrinsically compelled to do something . It’s in our nature, in the shape of our soul. To excel, to truly be the best, I think it’s crucial to spend time thinking about what that is. Because if you do something other than that, you’re... See more
Dan Shipper • How David Perell Uses ChatGPT as a Creative Partner
the path to excellence is aligning what you do with who you are. Lean in, or better still, dive in, headfirst. The first step is to look inward and think deeply about who you are and what you’re made to do.
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
-Steve Jobs