“You have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life?” – Louisa May Alcott
Author Archives: Izzat Zailan
To Gain The Whole World And Lose Your Soul : An Anatomy of The Godfather
“It’s not personal, it’s strictly business.”
The Alchemy of Storytelling
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” – Joan Didion
What’s That One Thing That You’re Great At? Because You Need To Know.
“Pick one to exceed expectations in, while making sure everything else is good enough.” -Seth Godin
Steal From Your Heroes
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” – Sir Isaac Newton
Tales of Mastery : Steve Jobs
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
Always Love, Hate Will Get You Everytime
“There is no Muslim servant who supplicates for his brother behind his back but that the angel says: And for you the same.” (Hadith narrated by Muslim)
The Starving Artist And The Striving Artist
“One adopts all the hopes and clichés of the bohemians and supposed purity. The other is resilient, ambitious, open-minded and audience-driven.” -Ryan Holiday
Books To Make 2018 Your Reading Year
“I am a part of everything that I have read.” -Theodore Roosevelt
Why You Should Read More Poetry
“I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet.” -Bob Dylan
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