Is it worthy?
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Is it worthy?
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#2"The object isn’t to be perfect. The goal isn’t to hold back until you’ve created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all."
- Brilliant!
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#3"The object isn’t to be perfect. The goal isn’t to hold back until you’ve created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all." - Brilliant!
my thoughts exactly - another great one liner:
"What would someone with a bigger vision have done instead?"
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#4I've been a seth reader for a long time, I'll admit it takes a little "Kool-aid" sometimes to get into his stuff.. but I think this one is pure gold
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#5I agree with Seth. It's hard to swallow pride, but failure is often one's greatest success. As for me, failure has been my real-life MBA and I did not have to go into debt to get it. :)
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#6Kinda reminds me of Guy Kawasaki's, "Make Meaning". It's so easy for a hacker to fall into the trap of working on something cool that is of little value to anyone. Taking a step back and asking, "Is it worthy?" may be the best time management technique of all.
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#7"When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."
- Steve Jobs
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#8Speaking from personal experience, I think people would be experience more happiness if they stopped getting so stuck up on themselves (and their perceptions of what other people might thank) and just did what they wanted to do (as long as it was "legal" by societal norms). Go ahead, sing in public
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#9" When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in…
I see a flaw in this logic. One certain bad thing that will happen to you if you leave every day as if it is your last is that you'll end up being > 200 kg (would you go to the gym the last day of your life? Would you resist the urge to eat as much as you like?). Another is that you will stop learning anything (would you go to your french course in your last day?) Another is that you might become a drug addict (some people might decide to see how crack feels like in their last day, something they wouldn't do otherwise). Another is ... ok, I believe you get the point.
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#10Could I trouble someone to paste the text? I haven't figured out how to navigate the Great Firewall of China yet, and for some reason, I can't get to seth godin's site. Thanks in advance.