David Rosenthal: commitment

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…IKEA and Apple are very similar in a way that I will get to later. Ooh. Okay. I love it. And then another similarity analogy, the last testament number nine is just so early Jeff Bezos shareholder letter-like that we can’t not read it. The title of the testament is ‘Most things still remain to be done. A glorious future!’ He writes, “The feeling of having finished something is an effective sleeping pill. A person who retires feeling that he has done his bit will quickly wither away. A company which feels that it has reached its goal will quickly stagnate and lose its vitality. Happiness is not reaching your goal. Happiness is being on the way. It is our wonderful fate to be just at the beginning in all areas. We will move ahead only by constantly asking ourselves how what we are doing today can be done better tomorrow. The positive joy of discovery must be our inspiration in the future too.” Oh, I share this affliction.…

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