Make No Small Plans
Elliot Brisnow
Summary
The thrilling story of the Summit group and what its founders learned along the way.
Rating: 4/5
Notes
We need people dreaming crazy ideas and pushing past their reservations
You reach should always exceed your grasp
Lead with generosity. Generosity creates trust. Trust creates productivity.
Reputations are earned by the drop and lost by the bucket
Opportunities can come from the unlikeliest of places
Mystery makes history
‘Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn’
You have two ears and one mouth, use them in that ratio
Don’t keep it real, keep it surreal
‘Don’t worry about making mistakes when you’re making history’ - Ted Turner
Doesn’t matter how prepared you are because the situation will never unfold like you planned. What matters most is how you react to the situation
Emotion is the army of humanity and the individuals that understand how to reach the masses emotionally are the wealthiest people on the planet
When you have the right opportunity, it’s always the right time
‘Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you have to ram them down people’s throats’ - Howard Aiken
Bring your biggest supporters in from the start
The road to success is always under construction
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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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