3-2-1: The power of imperfection, the secret to a good morning, and more
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3-2-1: The power of imperfection, the secret to a good morning, and more
I still think it’s the single best antidote to the feeling of time pressure, a splendidly liberating first step on the path of embracing your limits: the problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important – or just for enough of what feels important – is that you definitely never will.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
To begin with, it acknowledges the reality that most of us don’t have the capacity for more than a few daily hours of intense concentration. But it also respects limitation in another important way: it frees you from the futile perfectionistic struggle to try to make the whole day unfold in accordance with your desires. It respects the fact that yo
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Confessions of a bottleneck. And my plan to change that.
Note to team from today.
My job is to help you do the best work you’ve ever done.
Not the most work you’ve ever done.
My job is not to make you tired or stressed;
My job is to keep you out of meetings;
My job is to keep you away from your inbox.
To do the best work you have ever done, you must wor... See more
Note to team from today.
My job is to help you do the best work you’ve ever done.
Not the most work you’ve ever done.
My job is not to make you tired or stressed;
My job is to keep you out of meetings;
My job is to keep you away from your inbox.
To do the best work you have ever done, you must wor... See more
the essence of intentional imperfection is accepting your limitations: you cannot expect to simultaneously excel at every target you set for yourself. To put this in the language of Sesame Street, it’s the equivalent of the line, “You’ve got to put down the ducky if you want to play the saxophone.”