Sum - Forty Tales from the Afterlives
David Eagleman
Summary
A collection of short stories about death. One of Derek Sivers' favourite books.
Rating: 3/5
Notes
You cannot appreciate the destination without knowing the starting point
You cannot revel in the simplicity unless you remember the alternatives
Meaning varies with spatial scale
There are 3 deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. Second when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
Since we live in the heads of those who remember us, we lose control of our lives and become who they want us to be
End of death is death of motivation
Learn how to watch the earth well
Don’t be surprised that at different ages, the different years tend to drift apart
Everything interesting happens at the borders b/w domains of power
No one knows where any seed lands
The more you fall short of your potential, the more of those lesser yous are you forced to deal with
Everything is seeking
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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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