Greatness

exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity

be extremely critical of all your work until it’s great. it’s not about you personally, it’s about how people feel and receive the work

H/t patrick oshag

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I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems.

Poetry and Ambition

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"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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An underrated way to succeed at anything is simply to be ten times better. Everyone wants to have a unique idea or be a monopoly but you can just be ten times better instead. In a lot of areas, no one is really trying. The world is coated with a film of inertia.

Simon Sarris twitter.com

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One way to aim high is to try to make something that people will care about in a hundred years. Not because their opinions matter more than your contemporaries', but because something that still seems good in a hundred years is more likely to be genuinely good.

Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work

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focus on quality. There’s no competitive advantage in volume. You are going to lose to the robots.

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

Joel Lehman • 6 highlights

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Cover of Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

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