The Difference: When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough
Subir Chowdhury
Summary
Read this because my sister got it for free at her graduation. Short read on lessons from an experienced management consultant.
Rating: 3/5
Notes
We have to do better than good enough
Exceptional quality requires commitment to both process and people
Be straightforward in acknowledging problems
Creating fear and apprehension drives people away
Embrace who you are, the way you are and love yourself for who you are
The most successful people are not afraid to say ‘I don’t know’
Go to where the action is if you want to learn the truth
Being thoughtful requires genuine listening and being empathetic
No one person’s contributions is less important than another
Take personal responsibility for your own actions and act on them
Make positive change by making positive actions
Given the choice b/w a coin and a pen, always pick the pen
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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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