It's as simple as that
A friend asked a Busy Guy to lead a project, and instead of saying yes or rejecting it, the Busy Guy said: “I can’t commit to that, but I can commit to thinking about it, and if I come up with something I’m excited about, I’ll do it.”
Such tact in that answer.
-DP
The work, no matter how worthy, is often a slog. The “before” stage is exciting, full of potential. The “after” gives me resolution, closure, the feeling of a happily ever after. What happens between those moments SUUUUCKS. It’s just me, zoomed into my canvas at 3200%, tweaking a bezier curve on that icon oh-so-slightly. Watching Rocky Balboa lift... See more
Dan Mall • Dan Mall’s 10 Principles for a Worthy Design Career | Figma Blog
know a guy in France that will take 2 months off and delete his whole inbox when he gets back
"if it's urgent, someone's already handled it
if it's important, they'll just send it again
if it's neither, then I don't care"
"if it's urgent, someone's already handled it
if it's important, they'll just send it again
if it's neither, then I don't care"
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
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.