Focus
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Focus
Focus, as Steve Jobs said, is about saying no.
The only dangerous competitors are focused ones.
Ergo there are things that even the most dangerous competitors say no to, and it would be worth thinking explicitly about what those are.
Paul Grahamx.com
Finding Your Anchor Task
Doing more things does not drive faster or better results. Doing better things drives better results. Even more accurately, doing one thing as best you can drives better results.
Mastery requires focus and consistency.
I haven’t mastered the art of focus and concentration yet, but I’m working on it. One of the major... See more
Doing more things does not drive faster or better results. Doing better things drives better results. Even more accurately, doing one thing as best you can drives better results.
Mastery requires focus and consistency.
I haven’t mastered the art of focus and concentration yet, but I’m working on it. One of the major... See more
James Clear • The Myth of Multitasking: Why Fewer Priorities Leads to Better Work
How to identify your invisible asymptotes
One way to identify your invisible asymptotes is to simply ask your customers. As I noted at the start of this piece, at Amazon we honed in on how shipping fees were a brake on our business by simply asking customers and non-customers.
Here's where the oft-cited quote from Henry Ford is brought up as an... See more
One way to identify your invisible asymptotes is to simply ask your customers. As I noted at the start of this piece, at Amazon we honed in on how shipping fees were a brake on our business by simply asking customers and non-customers.
Here's where the oft-cited quote from Henry Ford is brought up as an... See more
Remains of the Day • Invisible asymptotes
The best way to fail at inventing something is by making it somebody’s part-time job.
Colin Bryar • Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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“There’s nothing I revile quite as much as a dilettante,” Seinfeld told GQ , “ I don’t like doing something to a mediocre level.” Escaping mediocrity requires focus. “You have to dedicate yourself to these great things,” he added. “And I don’t believe in being good at a lot of things—or even more than one.”
Maslow's Lighthouse: Strive for Mastery, Not Money (the money will follow)
Daniel Goleman on Focus: The Secret to High Performance and Fulfilment
Intelligence Squaredyoutube.com
hypothesis:
1. work feels bad (unmotivating, boring, hard) when we lack of focus
2. focus is upstream of energy, flow, fulfillment, progress, feedback loops
what's upstream of focus?
attention (presence) paired w/ agency (when our... See more
Jackson Dahltwitter.com