Diving into my favorite stories and lessons we can learn from the legend himself Steve Jobs from Walter Isaacson book, Steve Jobs, and article, The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs

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"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."

- Steve Jobs

1:15 - Life has no speed limit

6:10 - Just get started

8:30 - Have a philosophy/motto for life

13:10 - Steal like an artist

16:50 - Do the greatest thing possible

19:15 - Focus

23:45 - Collaboration is creativity

25:15 - You are mortal

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Diving into a short story on scientist Jennifer Doudna and what I like to call the Obsession Test.

Check out Walter Isaacson's book, The Code Breaker, for more on Doudna and how she is changing the world.

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“I’m someone who’s thinking about science all the time. I’m always focused on what’s cooking in the lab, the next experiment, or the bigger question to pursue. I was always obsessed with what my next experiment was going to be.”

- Jennifer Doudna

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Diving into the life and greatness of writer and runner Haruki Murakami from his book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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“I didn’t start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn’t become a novelist because someone asked me to. One day, out of the blue, I wanted to write a novel. And one day, out of the blue, I started to run— simply because I wanted to. I’ve always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I’m wrong, but I won’t change.”

- Haruki Murakami

1:15 - Follow your instincts

8:45- Life responds to subtraction

10:05- Becoming a writer/pursuing the itch

11:45 - A framework for big decisions

14:45 - The key to willpower and discipline

17:45 - Daily routine + choose your consequences

19:50 - Leave some juice in the tank

21:15 - Marathons and personal responsibility

26:00 - Have a motto/mantra

29:45 - Running and writing advice for life

31:45 - How to do great work

36:10 - Lesson/Takeaways

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