Find a collection of favorites and zingers here.
just put it into the universe…
turn ideas to material form (anything… writing or a proposal), opposed to leaving them as abstract ideas.
when they have exhausted all of their options, you will have a stack in your back pocket.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs
your work should outlive you
define/refine the core product
create a service-oriented organization
obtain and retain customers
learn how to productize your work
1 – one problem
3 – three solutions
1 – recommendation
your work
Should be
self-evident
A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.
Steve Jobs
technical shortfalls become administrative burdens
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
Arthur C. Clarke
you lead people, you manage things
1 – make your requirements less dumb (your requirements are dumb)
Elon Musk
2 – delete parts or processes 10% of the time
3 – simplify or optimize;
the most common error is to optimize something that should not exist
4 – accelerate cycle time; you’re moving too slowly, go faster
5 – automate
Good Engineers write code
Great Engineers solve problems With Code
Success is when your team solves problems before you even hear about them.
A resilient organization is one where your next-in-line is already ready.
The real problem is not whether machines think
B.F. Skinner
but whether men do
The difference between chaos and operations is documentation.
Train people well enough to leave.
Build culture strong enough they want to stay.