How To Enjoy The Process

There will be many times when we won't look good—to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being... See more

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Set aside time for experiments . Straightforward calculus suggests that doing what you’re already good at has the best payoff. But you won’t encounter nearly as many opportunities if you never learn anything new. Setting aside time for hobbies you’re bad at, books you know nothing about or skills you’ve never practiced may seem wasteful, but it’s

Scott H Young • Why Do People (Usually) Learn Less as They Get Older? - Scott H Young

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To keep progressing means to keep learning and experimenting

It’s easy to be excited about what the company seems to do... to choose our path based on the public’s perception of the output. But once the company has more than one person in it, most of our day is about satisfying the customer, meeting supplier requirements and dancing with the tension of doing our jobs.

Often, we use the product we make as a... See more

Product and Process

Britt Gage

Choose consistency over intensity, because consistency compounds.

100 Simple Truths

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The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake.

Bertrand Russell • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

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HOW TO LEARN ANYTHING*1. Deconstruct the skill: - decide exactly what you want to be able to do when you're done, and then look into the skill and break it down into smaller pieces. 2. Learn enough to self correct: - learn just enough that you can actually practice and self correct or self edit as you practice. 3. Remove barriers to practice: -... See more

TEDx Talks • The first 20 hours -- how to learn anything | Josh Kaufman | TEDxCSU

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The Illusion of Productivity: Why We Are Addicted to Busyness

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The Busyness Matrix by Ness Labs — “meaningfulness is based on how alive these tasks make you feel”

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Productivity is not drudgery and chores. It’s your ability to take a vision in your head and manifest it in the real world.

Productivity is also not about working harder and longer. It’s about working more efficiently, which means minimizing waste. Think wasted time, effort, energy, or potential.

Productivity is not some random hacks and silver... See more

Superhuman

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