Britt Backos

Building solo increases quality and velocity. You are short circuiting the loop between product, engineering and design. Too many people causes you to lose fidelity and vision.

French writer and poet Rene Daumalreminds us that it's not about what we achieve, but who we become in the process:

"You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one

But you’re not just unpacking the job; you’re also unpacking yourself. Do any aspects of this job resemble things you’ve done before, and did you like doing those things? Not “Did you like being known as a person who does those things?” or “Do you like having done those things?” but when you were actually doing them, did you want to stop, or did yo

Do you like doing that, or do you endure it?

pick one thing and do it consistently rather than attempting everything poorly.

"When you're going to leave them, they know."

This same theory applies to creative recovery. It occurs when you reach what Michele calls escape velocity. As she puts it, "There's this time for blastoff, like a NASA space launch, and you're heading for it when wham, you draw to you the Test."

Following your own ideas and instincts is how we create genuine confidence and craft in our work.