Learn by doing
We need to find the minimum viable scaffolding to get our work started and then focus on doing the work from there, making little adjustments as we go.
Nat Eliason • Breaking Up with Productivity Advice Breaking Up with Productivity Advice
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
a great prototype is worth 100 meetings.
"The shortest answer is doing the thing." - Ernest Hemingway
Stop talking about the thing. Stop asking about the thing. Stop gathering more information about the thing.
Just do the thing.
Stop talking about the thing. Stop asking about the thing. Stop gathering more information about the thing.
Just do the thing.
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
First do it, then do it right, then do it better. Get the ugly prototype in front... See more
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