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Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker

This morning during my walk to work, I listened to a book that has been recommended multiple times. It’s just a 45 minute read, and I can highly recommend it: Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker. You can find my notes below. By the way, my walks start paying off. I’m now reading 2-3 books…

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March 28, 2017June 2, 2020 by Remo Uherek

The Magic of Thinking Big

I just finished The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz: What a great personal development book. Please find my notes – which I typed on my phone during my walks – below. Here are some impressions from one of my Survival Run’s (more pics and videos here). As always, it was a hard, but a…

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March 14, 2017June 2, 2020 by Remo Uherek

PayPal Early Days

I have finished reading the PayPal founding story. I love reading stories about the products I use. Learnings: PayPal (Confinity-side) assembled a wonderful team and created a very entrepreneurial culture. David Sacks and Peter Thiel played important roles. It was actually David Sacks who was responsible for the last-minute deal with eBay. He played a…

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March 5, 2014May 26, 2020 by Remo Uherek

Facebook Early Days

Via Startup School Interviews with Mark Zuckerberg I got the idea of checking out some early Facebook videos. This one of October 2005 was particularly interesting. The other guy is Jim Breyer who represents Accel, the firm that invested $12.7 million into Facebook earlier in 2005. After watching this video I’ve read The Facebook Effect:…

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February 19, 2014May 26, 2020 by Remo Uherek

How to maximize creativity at work

Some notes I have taken while reading Remote: Office Not Required: Routine is killing creativity Therefore you should change scenery often: go to a library, a cafe, to a friend, to a coworking space Regularly change your desk and therefore your perspective If company has a regular office, embed into company culture: change/rotate desks every…

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January 25, 2014May 26, 2020 by Remo Uherek

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