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Remember: Even The Beatles started as a cover band. Paul McCartney has said, “I emulated Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis. We all did.” McCartney and his partner John Lennon became one of the greatest songwriting teams in history, but as McCartney recalls, they only started writing their own songs “as a way to avoid other bands being able to play our set.” As Salvador Dalí said, “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”
Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon
Routines require simple, repeatable tasks that can become automatic and fit together seamlessly (cf. Mata, Todd, and Lippke, 2010).
How to Take Smart Notes
Sönke Ahrens
You’ll never get a 6 month respite. Tech and product debt are your problems to manage *while* you work on business goals. That’s the job.
But you don’t need to make it *good, you just need to make it better*. Small changes compound over time.
Scaling Fast
Swizec Teller
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