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Execution Is Exponential
Whereas when you’re trying to do something big, it’s less sustainable. We all go full gas in the gym in January and then of course by February, we’ve all stopped again. And why is that? It’s quite rare that you can make major change and make it sustainable, but it’s quite easy to make small incremental changes and make them stick. And it’s the stic
... See moreSteven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
pick bold outcomes instead of chasing incremental improvements.
Ash Maurya • Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean (O'Reilly))
On the other hand, I have gotten a ton better at programming in the last four years. Not through any specific piece of advice, or any weird trick. Rather, it’s come by constantly trying to learn small new things, make small tool improvements, make my models a little deeper, work a little faster, come up with slightly better ideas. By, literally, th... See more
Ben Kuhn • Think Real Hard
The idea alone is not what’s valuable. The real value comes later, through hard work and execution. There’s a great, albeit violent, observation from the physicist Howard Aiken that backs this up: “Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” It’s way more likely that peop
... See moreBrett Leve • Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community
Execution is good, sure, but everyone can execute .
Coming to a unique insight and ideas from developing and nurturing a differentiated lens on the world is not something that can be easily replicated.
Coming to a unique insight and ideas from developing and nurturing a differentiated lens on the world is not something that can be easily replicated.