good work
How much of our work exists because we ‘think’ we have to do it?
Matt Klein • Self-Sabotaging Innovation: The Art of Doing Dumb Shit
So to have your precious days consumed by purposeless labor, mind-numbing tasks, and the commercialization of your thoughts and creativity, for tasks better suited for machines is an affront to the universe.
Aaron Lawson • A Knowledge Worker’s Manifesto — knowledge work studio
“I know a lot of people who make things who don’t stand proudly by their stuff, I don’t know if they’re too cool or they don’t want to look thirsty, but they’ll put a song out once on their stories — and that’s it.
You went through something. You figured something out in a structured format. You recorded it. Not just one take. Parts and parts. You
Best practices are rarely the best — they're mostly just cargo cult common practices.
And as more people adopt them, the more mediocre they become.
The best is usually what most people aren't willing to do.
And as more people adopt them, the more mediocre they become.
The best is usually what most people aren't willing to do.