Learn by doing
- 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
Alexey Guzey • Lifehacks
Walking the path reveals more of the map
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
FacileThings @FacileThings
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
Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. It has nothing to do with fixing things. It has nothing to do with standards. Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a loop—an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing or painting or making and to lose sight
... See morethere’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
"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.