There were no words to describe the iPhone, or Notion or Snapchat. No categories fit, no features do them justice. The early adopters can only say things like “Just try it, it’s the future.”While the inability to describe a product is considered a problem, it may also signal something truly remarkable. If the words already exist to describe something new then maybe it is not truly that novel after all.

Cool Products can't really be explained

Maybe clear explanations are not the mark of great products. Much Zen...

From the iPhone to Snapchat and Notion—when words escape us

Products & Innovation 

"Disregard the Words": How to describe innovation

Apple is a collaborative company. They are organised like a start-up. They meet for three hours once a week and talk about everything they're doing. They don't have committees. One person is in charge of each division.  There is an incredible amount of teamwork at the top of the company, which filters down to great teamwork throughout the company.

The key to Apple's success

Teamwork is dependent on trusting the other people to come through with their part without watching over their shoulder. Apple is great at figuring out how to divide things up into great teams, and all work on the same thing, touch bases regularly and bring the product together.

Teamwork is dependent on trust

If you wanna hire great people and have them stay working for you, you have to let them make a lot of decisions and you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win, otherwise good people don't stay.

Stashed ideas

Steve Jobs talks about managing people

Experiences and life stories of great minds can inspire, motivate and encourage us to take the right action and step towards what we want in life and career.

10 Biographies that will teach you more than Business Books

Author : Phil KnightReview: This book truly defines a founder’s romance to his product and shows how one of the most iconic brand NIKE came into existence. A memoir rich with not only insight, humour and hard-won wisdom but also studded with lessons about building something from scratch, overcoming adversityQuote that I loved :"The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.“<a href="https://amzn.to/3xcSg53">Click to add it on your Bookshelf</a>

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE

Author: Robert Iger Review: Robert Iger encapsulates 10 great leadership lessons that are applicable not just for the CXOs but for anyone who wants to add drive, focus and structure to their professional lives. The book is more like a narration of the lessons he learnt as he grew older. We would recommend this to almost any executive or business owner.Quote that I loved :"Ask the questions you need to ask, admit without apology what you don’t understand, and do the work to learn what you need to learn as quickly as you can" <a href="https://amzn.to/3LRMWYJ">Click to add it on your Bookshelf</a>

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from CEO of Disney

Author: T.J. StilesReview: The epic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American legend who aided in the birth of the automobile, the Gold Rush, the reshaping of Manhattan, and the invention of the modern business. The book not only depicts a man’s life (both personal and professional), but also the evolution of the American economic system in the nineteenth century..Quote that I loved:"Gentlemen You have undertaken to cheat me. I won’t sue, for the law is too slow. I’ll ruin you. Yours truly, Cornelius Vanderbilt"﻿<a href="https://amzn.to/3upuv84">﻿Click to add it on your Bookshelf</a>

The First Tycoon

Author: Walter IsaacsonReview: Walter Isaacson describes the story of a visionary entrepreneur whose voracious ambition and love for excellence revolutionized industries. This globally renowned, bestselling biography is based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years, as well as interviews with over a hundred family members, friends, enemies, competitors, and coworkers.Quote that I loved:"People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint." <a href="https://amzn.to/3LSijCK">﻿Click to add it on your Bookshelf</a>

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography  

Author: Alice SchroederSynopsis: Alice Schroeder used her unprecedented access into the life of buffet and the people close to him to bring the life story of the most successful investor of our times, Oracle of Omaha himself Warren Buffet.The Snowball is required reading for anyone interested in learning more about the man behind the extraordinary achievements.Quotes that I loved:“Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.” <a href="https://amzn.to/3utGotO">Click here to add it on your Bookshelf</a>

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life  

Author: Girish KuberReview: This book is a fascinating read, it rivetingly captures 200 years of the glorious history of the Tatas, whose ups and downs are mirrored in the development of India itself.Quote that I loved:“India was waking upto the call of independence and the Tatas realised that they needed to contirbute to the cause.“ <a href="https://amzn.to/3uo4mGG">Click here to add it on your Bookshelf</a>

The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation

Author: Ashlee VanceReview: Vance does a commendable job of penning down life story of one of the most revered man of 21st century. He takes you deep into the details from Musk’s childhood in South Africa, all the way to Canada & the United States to show how he managed to thrive while being on the verge of bankruptcy and loosing both Tesla & SpaceX.Quote that I loved:"Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy. We should aspire to increase the scope & scale of human consciousness in order to ask better questions" <a href="https://amzn.to/3Jw0F5Y">Click here to add it on your Bookshelf</a>

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a Fantastic Future

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April 10, 2022 These 10 biographies will teach you more than any business books in market 

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You can’t confound it with high’s (likes, money, hookups). Actually, happiness can be boring, and unpleasant.

The Meaning Of Happiness

It’s necessary to get it wrong at first.

How To Figure Out What We Want 

Bestselling author Mark Manson speaking about success and his impact on happiness

Mark Manson is the phenomenon behind ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck’ and ‘Everything is F*cked’. He has sold over 13 million books and his blog, Life Advice That Doesn’t Suck, receives millions of views every month. His new book is co-written with Will Smith and is called ‘Will’.




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Your product isn’t perfect, and that’s probably ok. In most cases, the perfect product doesn’t exist, so you just need to have the best available option.

Your product doesn’t need to be perfect

If the perfect option existed, they’d buy it. Since there’s no such thing as the perfect offering, people are happy to settle for the Next Best Alternative.

If you need a new phone, you probably have an idea of what the perfect phone would be. It doesn’t exist, and so your “next best alternative” is likely going to be something like the iPhone 13 or the Pixel 6. They’re both imperfect, but one of them might be what you consider to be the best choice available.Your product or service offering is the same. It’s not perfect, and people shouldn’t expect it to be. In fact, if you aren’t ashamed of those shortcomings, it can help your customer better appreciate what you have to offer. It’s not unlike<a href="https://www.mickmel.com/if-you-dont-say-no-your-yes-is-meaningless/"> saying “no” to help give your “yes” more power</a>.

The Next Best

Take any product that is considered to be best in class, and you can quickly find some issues with it. The iPhone doesn’t offer some of the flexibility of Android. A Tesla doesn’t have the same range as gas-powered cars. Gmail is missing some features that other alternatives provide.

Your product isn't perfect, and that's probably ok. In most cases, the perfect product doesn't exist, so you just need to have the best available option. Take any product that is considered to be best in class, and you can quickly find some issues with it. The iPhone doesn't offer…

"Disregard the Words": How to describe innovation

Steve Jobs talks about managing people

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