Gregory Baranski

Just about me :

Favorite books and quotes

Quotes

  • I would rather work 80 hours a week to make $50k and work for myself, than have $750k job working for someone else ~ Mark Cuban.
  • Being rich is not about the amount of money you have, but the amount of time you can spend not working ~ Michał Kuryłek.
  • The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do ~ Steve Jobs.
  • People want to change the world, but all I am looking for is to change myself ~ Sylvian Tesson, Alone 180 days on lake Baikal

Books

  • Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson - amazing biography about one of the Apple founders, inspired me a lot.
  • Autostopem przez życie, Przemysław Skokowski. Guy who did a hitchhiking trip from Gdańsk - my hometown, all the way to Russia, China, Thailand and Laos. Inspired me to Hitchhike Asia

Songs

Rap Nobody ~ MC Silk raps in 7 languages.

I especially the last bit where he said:

This song is dedicated to all the talented ‘rap nobodies’ in the contemporary world, pushed underground by the ever-growing promotion of mediocracy. To all those stubborn enthusiasts, who are working hard to be able to pursue their passions on their own terms… and to all those, who already lost their hope….

Dedykuje ten kawałek, wszystkim ‘rap nobody’ współczesnego świata mierzącymi się z rzeczywistością, promującą ‘średniość’. Wszystkim walczącym z nią nieugiętym entuzjastom, którzy często dokładają do swojej pasji, by realizować je na własnych zasadach, oraz tym, których marzenia zostały zmetabolizowane przez codzienność…

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