Greatness
exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity
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Greatness
If Apple was a democracy (aka customers don’t know what they want. or greatness requires a certain degree of dictatorship)
focus on quality. There’s no competitive advantage in volume. You are going to lose to the robots.
I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems.
Poetry and Ambition
"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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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
Short-term vs Long-term - The I.G.Y. Foundation
igyfoundation.org.uk