Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Summary
One of the better business biographies from Phil Knight on the early years of creating the behemoth that is Nike.
Rating: 4/5
Notes
Like it or not, life is a game. Whoever denies that truth gets left on the sideline
Let everyone call you crazy, just keep going. Don’t stop
Reality is not linear. No future, no past, all is now
Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let surprise you with results
If I failed, I failed quickly so I’d have enough years to implement all the hardships
Dont go to sleep one night. What you must want will come to you then
Somebody may beat me but they’re going to have to bleed to do it
You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you
We must all be professors of the jungle
The harder you work, the better your luck
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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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