自分がすぐ死ぬという覚悟は、人生の大きな決断を助けてくれる、これまでに遭遇した最も重要な道具だ。なぜなら、周囲からの期待、プライド、恥をかいたり失敗したりすることへの恐怖など、ほぼすべてのものは死に直面すれば消え去り、本当に重要なことだけが残るからだ。
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. Because 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.
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ハングリーであれ、愚かであれ。
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.