Learn by doing

The human eye is one of the most sophisticated optical instruments in existence. It automatically adjusts focus, adapts to light levels from pitch darkness to blinding sunshine, and processes information in real time. No engineer designed it. It evolved — 3.5 billion years of tiny improvements, each one barely noticeable, accumulating into... See more

The quest for perfection is paralyzing. I’ve watched engineers spend weeks debating the ideal architecture for something they’ve never built. The perfect solution rarely emerges from thought alone - it emerges from contact with reality. AI can in many ways help here.

First do it, then do it right, then do it better. Get the ugly prototype in front... See more

When you wait, you lose momentum. And momentum is incredibly powerful because when you’re inspired, you act—and you do it with enthusiasm.

Erifili Gounari • literally just do things

Vincent Van Gogh on the accumulation of small things:

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. The trick is to focus on the first small thing. Starting small is still starting, and small beginnings often lead to extraordinary endings.”

It's important to do things fast

You learn more per unit time because you make contact with reality more frequently

Going fast makes you focus on what's important; there's no time for bullshit

Nat Friedman • Nat Friedman

ppl good at thinking think that thinking is everything; people good at doing think that doing is everything. doers dismiss thinkers & thinkers are scared of doers.

Alexey Guzey • Lifehacks

there’s a specific kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much, but from thinking too much while doing very little.

milk and cookies • a guide to emotional hygiene for overthinkers

To test an idea, you must build it. You can’t rely on the abstract – you have to bring it into the world to play with it feel it and only then can you judge whether it’s worth pursuing or not

Christa Nicholson • The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Learning is downstream of doing. The order should rarely be reversed. Most real knowledge, knowledge worth attaining, lives in the hands . It must be cultivated gradually, like a garden. Really, it must be grown. Most real knowledge is the result of doing something deliberately for a long time and steadily making small improvements. It requires a... See more

Erifili Gounari • literally just do things

Nat Friedman • Nat Friedman

Alexey Guzey • Lifehacks

milk and cookies • a guide to emotional hygiene for overthinkers

Christa Nicholson • The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Do what you can't