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DesiderataOther

by Max Ehrmann

Who uses, recommends or left Desiderata, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Roman Ugarte
Leads product for Grok Bot at SpaceX AI; previously led growth at Cursor, which he joined when it had about 15 people.
loved

I love the desiderata which I don't know if you've read but um I have it on my on my door uh and I've had it since I was a teenager and everywhere I move I kind of paste it there and it's it's a very short poem but each line I just I find myself finding something new in it every time I read it and I find it really grounding.

Lenny's Podcast, "How we built Grok Bot in a month", lightning round, favourite life motto; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).

2026-09-08·youtube.com ↗

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