F*ck It, Do What You Love
John C. Parkin
Summary
A pretty good read that gives you a blueprint for how to think about pursuing your dream. Written from the perspective of someone who was tired of their fancy life in London and now runs a happiness retreat in Italy. Not the most entertaining, but definitely for people who are not happy in their current situation.
Rating: 3/5
Notes
If you’re scared about what you’re doing, say fuck it, I can do it
Fuck it, I can’t stick this lot
Fuck it, I will face the facts
‘Know when to say fuck it, this just feels wrong
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it’s an insane way to live – Eckhart Tolle
Your body is directly affected if you don’t do what you love and you won’t feel as healthy
All the super successful people love what they do
Doing what you love naturally relaxes you physiologically
If you’re always selling believe in what you’re selling
‘All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.’ Pablo Picasso
Being willing to fail and willing to embarrass yourself takes a lot of guts
Think about using a priority bully that shuts everything else down to get your work done
Set unrealistic deadlines for yourself to get deadlines done faster
If you won’t enjoy what you have, you can’t enjoy more of it
A child’s brain operates at an alpha frequency and that’s how we feel when we’re totally relaxed
Go niche pain seeking and narrow down your customer
Go hook seeking and figure out how to capture a specific audience
‘Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their sorry still in them.’ Henry David Thoreau
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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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