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Robert Pirsig

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

  1. IDEA 1

    Quality

    Quality can't be fully defined, yet we recognise it instantly. Pirsig argues it is the meeting point of subject and object.

  2. IDEA 2

    Classic and romantic

    Some see the world through underlying form and function, others through surface and feeling. Good work needs both.

  3. IDEA 3

    Protect your gumption

    Enthusiasm and care fuel good work. Watch out for traps like impatience and ego that drain it.

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