Education and the Significance of Life
Krishnamurti
Summary
Thoughts on the education system from one of the great spiritual minds of the 20th century
Rating: 4/5
Notes
Conventional education makes independent thinking extremely difficult
Conformity leads to mediocrity
Our present education is geared to industrialization and war, it’s principal aim to develop efficiency and we are caught in this machine of ruthless competition and mutual destruction
To understand life is to understand ourselves and that is both the beginning and end of education
Our technical progress is outstanding but it has only increased our power destroying one another
To be without fear is the beginning of wisdom
The desire to succeed inevitably breeds the fear of failure and that is why the young should not be taught to worship success
There is no essential difference b/w the old and young for both are slaves to their own desires and gratifications
People who are experiencing and therefore teaching are the only real teachers and they too will create their own technique
The so-called educated are not peace loving integrated people and they too are responsible for the confusion and misery of the world
Our problems exist in the present and it’s only in the present that they can be solved
Self knowledge is the beginning of freedom and it is only when we know ourselves that we can bring about order and peace
Hidden fears often make their presence known through dreams or other forms of imitation and they cause greate deterioration and conflict than superficial fears
The government, encouraged by organized religion, is upholding nationalism and the separatist spirit. Nationalism is a disease and it can never bring about world unity
Education is becoming more and more teaching people what to think rather than how to think
An educaator is not merely a giver of information: he is one who points the way to wisdom, to truth
True culture is founded not on the engineers or technicians but on the educators
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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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