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Here’s a concise bullet-point summary with key quotes from "Rework" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson:
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“Ignore the real world.”
Don’t let conventional wisdom limit your business ideas; challenge norms and create your own path. -
“Start making something.”
Stop planning endlessly and begin building your product or service right away. -
“Workaholism is not a badge of honor.”
Productivity comes from focus and efficiency, not from long hours or exhaustion. -
“Meetings are toxic.”
Avoid unnecessary meetings; they kill productivity and waste time. -
“Planning is guessing.”
Detailed long-term plans often don’t survive reality; be flexible and adaptable. -
“Say no by default.”
Protect your time and focus by declining most requests or distractions. -
“Launch now.”
Don’t wait for perfection; release your product early and improve based on real feedback. -
“Make a dent in the universe.”
Aim to create something meaningful, not just to follow trends. -
“Build an audience.”
Cultivate a direct connection with customers or followers rather than relying on traditional marketing. -
“Good enough is fine.”
Strive for progress, not perfection; a finished product beats a perfect but unfinished one. -
“Underdo your competition.”
Don’t try to outdo others by doing more; simplify and focus on what truly matters.
Would you like me to expand on any specific chapter or theme?
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Like most pivotal characters of the Indian past, Kautilya has engendered
all sorts of speculation on his origins. To obfuscate matters further, legends
place him all over the map. One holds that he was an impoverished
brahmana from Kerala who somehow found himself in Dhana Nanda’s
court in Pataliputra.7 Another tale claims that he was a north Indian
brahmana, born and educated in Taxila/Takshashila, who came to
Pataliputra to show his philosophical prowess through debate. Apparently
Pataliputra, at the time, was the place to be as regards learning and in whose
rarefied intellectual atmosphere you could meet the proponents of varied
systems of thought and all manner of creative stalwarts.
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he possibility of Chandragupta Maurya having married a Greek princess
(probably the daughter of Seleucus Nikator, as noted earlier; but it is
unclear, in the first place, whether he was the latter’s son-in-law or father-
in-law) has sent many writers of fiction into transports of delight. Endless
storytelling opportunities present themselves, in this regard, particularly for
those who are not really worried about historical accuracy and would rather
focus on the enigmatic ruler being surrounded by one or many exotic green-
eyed women and spawning an exotic green-eyed brood. Unfortunately, the
actual facts of history are not always as romantic or alluring as one would
wish. And so, the Mauryan narrative eventually shifts from Chandragupta,
not to any of his probable half-foreign offspring but to Bindusara, his very
Indian son.
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“You mentioned hope. How does a miscarriage help a soul to teach itself
hope?”
“When a woman wants a child and tries and tries and miscarries, why does
she not shrug her shoulders and say, ‘Oh well, I suppose not’? How many times
does the woman go through fertilization and rounds with the doctor and
everything she can to call the soul to her with her husband? A miscarriage can
teach resilience, hope, belief in the Self, and eternal forgiveness. The woman
who has miscarriages and does not blame herself can model that for others.
Always, if you have five women, all of whom have had miscarriages, one will
have done it more often in other lives than the others, and she may be able to
model hope and resilience to those who are less used to it. All of us, if we have
had an experience in our life cycles more than others, use that to teach.”
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“First and foremost, it’s about resolving your own karma. Karma is not really
shared by people. They can work out their own karma in a relationship with each
other, but you have your karma, and he has his.
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