how to get stuff done
You’ll never feel ‘ready’. That moment never arrives but if by some miracle it does you must act immeasurably and immediately
Instead of aspiring to become a ringmaster and expert plate-spinner and like David Allen, we can become a sort of expert one-trick pony, learning one reliable way to get one thing done, and getting very good at it.
raptitude.com • How to Get Things Done When You Have Trouble Getting Things Done
It’s any time someone hesitates to make the thing they desperately want to make because they succumb to the avoidable things that kill creativity. There is never enough money or time. You will never feel you have enough knowledge. There are no perfect market conditions. Ideas never (read: shouldn’t) come with a guarantee of success. Just make the t
... See moreLauren Crichton • #93: Selling the Idea, Making the Thing, Respecting the Duty of Care #93: Selling the Idea, Making the Thing, Respecting the Duty of Care
Ian Wharton.
Relates to Naviety, strike when iron is hot
Don’t waste time talking about what you plan to think about; instead, work through it immediately.
Intellectual laziness can easily sneak up on you. If you are sitting there talking about problems you plan to solve later, there’s a good chance you are being inefficient. Similarly, in GTD, you don’t put off tasks that only take a couple minutes. In
... See moreJoe Lonsdale • Lessons from Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
The biggest challenge in building a great company is the culture. Antonio Linares success in investing proves that, Google’s AI switch proves that to and I would think that every time a company has turned around the culture was changed e.g Intecom.
So unless we’re locked up in a room with only a piano and a pile of Tolstoy, or we partake in the fictional tradition of a Depth Year, we need to find a way to put up our own limits. When we give ourselves fewer places to dig, we go deeper, and what we uncover is more rare and valuable than the usual stuff near the surface.
David Cain • Go Deeper, Not Wider
The long answer: when you notice you are stuck in your mind, pause, step back, and thank your mind for its service. Thank your mind for all of its thoughts, suggestions, concerns. Remind it how smart and clever and valuable it is. And I mean this: literally say these things to your mind and feel them fully. Feel the appreciation and affection you h... See more
The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself.