I am Zlatan

Unfortunately I couldn’t export all the highlighted passages from the book to a document, so I wrote down my top three highlights from the book. Those are short but strong ones from Zlatan Ibrahimovic:

Little Black Stretchy Pants | Chip Wilson

We can only think of the future based on what we know from our past. When we don’t focus on the past, and the future is eliminated, all that is left is the present. The present is where all life really occurs. This was the origin of “The meaning of life may be living in the moment,” which became a key part of lululemon’s Manifesto (more on that later). I have my eccentric father to thank for introducing me to it. 

Creativity, Inc. | Ed Catmull

Great Management Tips from The Book Creativity, Inc.

I believe the best managers acknowledge and make room for what they do not know—not just because humility is a virtue but because until one adopts that mindset, the most striking breakthroughs cannot occur. I believe that managers must loosen the controls, not tighten them. They must accept risk; they must trust the people they work with and strive to clear the path for them; and always, they must pay

Rather than trying to prevent all errors, we should assume, as is almost always the case, that our people’s intentions are good and that they want to solve problems. Give them responsibility, let the mistakes happen, and let people fix them. If there is fear, there is a reason—our job is to find the reason and to remedy it. Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the ability to recover.

The closing took place on a Monday morning in February 1986, and the mood in the room was decidedly muted because everyone was so worn out by the negotiations. After we signed our names, Steve pulled Alvy and me aside, put his arms around us and said, “Whatever happens, we have to be loyal to each other.” 

The Latte Factor | David Bach

Three Secrets

1) Pay Yourself First

Keep your first hour’s worth of each day’s pay. An hour a day, in other words, of paying yourself first.

2) Don’t Budget – Make It Automatic

3) Live Rich Now

The first two secrets – pay yourself first, make it automatic – those are the how. This is the why. Figure out what matters, and follow that.

If you don’t know where you are going, you might not like where you end up. What am I doing with my life?

Trillion Dollar Coach | Bill Campbell

Based on interviews with over eighty people who knew and loved Bill Campbell, Trillion Dollar Coach explains the Coach’s principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. The result is a blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create higher performing and faster moving cultures, teams, and companies.

Bill Campbell played an instrumental role in the growth of several prominent companies, such as Google, Apple, and Intuit, fostering deep relationships with Silicon Valley visionaries, including Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt. In addition, this business genius mentored dozens of other important leaders on both coasts, from entrepreneurs to venture capitalists to educators to football players, leaving behind a legacy of growing companies, successful people, respect, friendship, and love after his death in 2016.

Ronaldo - A Biography of a Boy Who Rose Out of Poverty

In October and November 2018, I read the biography of Cristiano Ronaldo. It was an amazing book which I really liked a lot and will keep it in my library as one of the most motivating books I've ever read. Please also note that the book is named Football Book of the Year at the Cross Sports Book Awards 2016. 

 I bought this book with some other books for my son

Although it was a paperback format book, I took notes from the book to my Evernote while reading and then collected them all in one content below.