from outcome to process
"Move toward the next thing, not away from the last thing.
Same direction. Completely different energy."
Same direction. Completely different energy."
3-2-1: On the shortness of life, what mastery requires, and how to overlap the things you love
Often, the key to succeeding at something big is to break it into its tiniest pieces and focus on how to succeed at just one piece.
Tim Urban • How to Pick Your Life Partner - Part 2
When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go to where we’ve already been. If process drives outcome we may not know where we’re going, but we will know we want to be there.
Bruce Mau • BRUCE MAU'S MASSIVE CHANGE NETWORK
To arrive somewhere remarkable we must be willing to hold many paths open without knowing where they might lead.
Joel Lehman • Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective
The gap between knowing what you want and going after it is where fear thrives. You don't need enough courage for the entire journey. You only need courage for the next step.
"The metacrisis" is attractive because it suggests you can save the world by thinking about it extremely abstractly.
David Chapman • Tweet
This is how to tell a success story: Rather than telling a story of your full and complete accomplishment, tell the story of a small part of the success. Tell about a small step. Feel free to allude to the better days that may lie ahead, but don’t try to tell everything. Small steps only.