Bb — Quote: Ernest Hemingway
“The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.” —
Mark Twain
“Less is more work.” — Patric McCue, Architect
“1. Create work for yourself; don’t wait for work to be assigned to you.
2. Take an active role in all your endeavours, not a passive one.
3. Seek out large and complex jobs. Trivial tasks debase you.
4. Welcome difficult assignments. Choose them. Progress lies in accomplishing difficult work.
5. Once you begin a task, complete it. Never give up.
6. Lead your fellow workers. Be an example for them to follow.
7. Set goals for yourself to ensure a constant sense of purpose. This will give you perseverance and hope for the future.
8. Move with confidence. Confidence gives your work force, focus and substance.
9. Find new solutions. This is the way we ensure satisfactory service.
10. When conflict is necessary don’t shy away from it or be afraid. Conflict is the mother of progress and the source of aggressive enterprise. If you fear conflict, you will become timid and servile.
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— 10 Spartan Rules to Guide Behavior, Hideo Yoshida, Dentsu’s fourth president and visionary leader, 1951
(Source: fieldstudy)
“You can’t do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously.” —
Wim Crouwel
(Source: designwashere.com)
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“Is the view worth the climb?” — An old saying about choosing your battles.
“A wise CEO of a healthcare company gave me advice I’ll never forget. ‘Just start. Don’t wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you. No one expects you to get it right in the very beginning and you’ll learn more from your mistakes than you will from your early successes anyway. So, stop worrying so much and just look at your best bets and go.’”
-Jacqueline Novogratz
Image borrowed from here.
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“I will either find a way, or make one.” —
Hannibal Barca, 247–182 BC - General to the Army of Carthage
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth -
This may be familiar to many of you, so open it up you haven’t for a while. Really good timeless thinking – condensed down to what works and what you can use to create great work and grow.
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1. Unrelenting attention to detail.
2. Impeccable taste.
3. Indefatigable passion.
4. Absolute conviction.
5. Unwavering vision.
6. Boundless curiosity.
7. Mercurial motivator.
One or two of these will help you make a living.
Three or four of these will make you successful.
Four of five of these will make you a legend.
Five or six of these will make you iconic for all time.
All seven will make you Steve Jobs.
- Jason Calcanis on Steve
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