It's as simple as that
Focus means head down. Big picture means head up. The more you’re doing of one, the less you’re doing of the other. If you’ve been head-down on a task for too long, lift your head up to make sure you’re going the right way. Don’t do well what you shouldn’t do at all.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
FacileThings @FacileThings
Because of course it is - we notice things because they are literally of note.
I made several rapid passes over the paper in this way, each time getting deeper and deeper. At this stage I wasn't trying to obtain anything like a complete understanding of AlphaGo. Rather, I was trying to build up my background understanding. At all times, if something wasn't easy to understand, I didn't worry about it, I just keep going. But as... See more
Nielsen Michael • Augmenting Long-Term Memory
repeat passes. not stopping to understand just focussed on completing and repeating a pass for better understanding.