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Book cover for The Design of Everyday Things
Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding. Discoverability: Is it possible to even figure out what actions are possible and where and how to perform them? Understanding: What does it all ...more
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Erin Morgenstern
“How are you managing to keep everyone from aging?” Celia asks after a while. “Very carefully,” Marco answers. “And they are aging, albeit extremely slowly. How are you moving the circus?” “On a train.” “A train?” Marco asks, incredulous. “The entire circus moved by a single train?” “It’s a large train,” Celia says. “And it’s magic,” she adds, making Marco laugh. “I confess, Miss Bowen, you are not what I had expected.” “I assure you that feeling is mutual.”
Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

Georges St-Pierre
“Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can’t handle losing repeatedly.”
Georges St-Pierre, The Way of the Fight

Reid Hoffman
“If you aren’t embarrassed by the first version of your product, you shipped too late.”
Reid Hoffman

Chaim Potok
“A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two”
Chaim Potok, The Chosen

Howard Schultz
“Protect and preserve your core customers," he [Jim Sinegal, cofounder and CEO of Costco] told our marketing team when I invited him to speak to us. "The cost of losing your core customers and trying to get them back during a down economy will be much greater than the cost of investing in them and trying to keep them.”
Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

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