Born To Run
Christopher McDougall
Summary
Read this book as I was training for my marathon. Great story about the biggest race in the world no one knows about.
Rating: 4/5
Notes
‘The best runner leaves no tracks’ - Tao Te Ching
Chia seeds are some of the best superfoods - iskiate
You can’t muscle through a 5 hour run, you have to relax into it until you enjoy it
We were born to run, we were born because we run
There are 2 goddesses in your heart, the goddess of wisdom and the goddess of wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get the wealth first and the wisdom will come. But they have it backwards. You have to give all your heart to the goddess of wisdom, give her all your love and attention and the goddess of wealth will become jealous and follow you - Joe Virgil
Think easy, light, smooth and fast
The most expensive running shoes cause more injury than cheaper shoes and it’s scientifically proven
More cushioning on a shoe, less protection it provides and more likely to get injured
Human beings are designed to run without shoes
Geranium is a very good anti-oxidant
You don’t stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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