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…
Articles
- What you learn by travelling by Derek Sivers - I really feel what he’s talking about the north, south and east.
- Digital pollution by Derek Sivers - Electron 👀
- Travel without a phone by Derek Sivers - I kinda did the same when Hitchhiking the Middle East, although I’ve just resigned from having access to internet.
- Benefits of a daily diary and topic journals by Derek Sivers
- Future posthumous autobiography by Derek Sivers
- Travel without social praise by Derek Sivers
- Disconnect by Derek Sivers
- Simplify: move code into database functions by Derek Sivers
- The /now page movement by Derek Sivers
- Why my code and ideas are public by Derek Sivers
- Smart people don’t think others are stupid by Derek Sivers
- Advice on moving to Los Angeles by Derek Sivers
- The co-op business model: share whatever you’ve got by Derek Sivers
- Like you don’t need the money by Derek Sivers
- I moved to Singapore by Derek Sivers
- The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote by Derek Sivers - I didn’t know he was that old. And I love old stories about Apple and Steve Jobs.