How to Win at the Sport of Business
Mark Cuban
Summary
Good lessons from the Dallas Mavs owner who's lived such an interesting life.
Rating: 3/5
Notes
Email with mark.cuban@dallasmavs.com (website/podcast)
Most people don’t put in the time to get the knowledge advantage so use it by reading as much as you can
Always ask yourself how someone could preempt your products/services
Always run your business like you’re competing with the big boys
You have to love the sport of business because it never stops (the edge)
Never settle with the debt and always do what you can to get out of it
It doesn’t matter how many times you fail because all you need is one
Only those with the will to prepare will win
Win the battles you’re already in and then expand
Never forget when you’re an investor that once the company takes the money, you own them
Before any decision, ask yourself will you remember this when you’re 90
Always think about the path of least resistance for your customers
Keep the workplace fun and celebrate other people’s achievements
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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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