Learn by doing
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
Do what you can't
- 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
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 moreThe 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
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 secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
FacileThings @FacileThings
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
moving from theory to practice will cost you status
jack @jackbutcher
a great prototype is worth 100 meetings.