January 25, 2012
January 12, 2012
"Most people don’t form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.
...when you read a biography of someone you admire, it’s rarely the things that made them happy that compel your admiration. It’s the things they did to court unhappiness — the things they did that were arduous and miserable, which sometimes cost them friends and aroused hatred. It’s excellence, not happiness, that we admire most.
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December 24, 2011
The genesis of these thoughts on marketing from Mike Markkula are detailed on page 78 of Walter Isaacson's...
