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don’t think it was helping him find the meaning of life, but at least it gave him a concrete goal, which counts for something. I believe it doesn’t matter what it is, as long as you can find something concrete to keep you busy while you are
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“market research can’t tell you about solving problems that customers can’t conceive are solvable. Giving the customer what he wants is less important than giving him what he doesn’t yet know he wants.”
― How Google Works
― How Google Works
“What was I supposed to do? Was I meant to be nothing but God? I had tried the God business and found it too limited. It was a job for a simple-minded egomaniac. There had to be something else for me to do – something more meaningful, more expressive of my true self. I am convinced of it! That is my problem, and that is the question I ask of you: What am I to do with myself?”
― Dimension of Miracles
― Dimension of Miracles
“Goldman, stop this nonsense, will you? I have looked at your file. I made a few phone calls.”
― The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
― The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
“inverse of the word live is evil.”
― The Age of Magic
― The Age of Magic
“Voltaire wrote, “The perfect is the enemy of the good.”188 Steve Jobs told the Macintosh team that “real artists ship.”189 New ideas are never perfect right out of the chute, and you don’t have time to wait until they get there. Create a product, ship it, see how it does, design and implement improvements, and push it back out. Ship and iterate. The companies that are the fastest at this process will win.”
― How Google Works
― How Google Works
Gaurav’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gaurav’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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259 friends
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147 books
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