Embrace Constraints

"If only we had more { money | time | authority | technology }, we could get everything done."

But there's a paradox here: it's never actually been true.

All great achievements happen while yoked by constraints. Even the biggest budget, high-stakes government programs (the Manhattan Project, Apollo Program) were heavily constrained.

Constraints limit where you can apply your attention. With limitless time, money, and resources, your attention bleeds off in all sorts of directions, following costly hallways where you find nothing interesting. Even more likely, a lack of limits paralyzes your decision making while you try to assess the 100 possible paths. You're better off spend... See more

Some of the best work I've ever been a part of happened when we chose particular things we weren't going to do — when we intentionally blocked specific paths for ourselves for some cost/benefit/time balance. Boundaries allow us to focus on fewer possibilities and give greater useful, serious attention to fewer options. We can strongly consider 10 a

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