patience

the art of waiting

Impatience is an argument with reality - Rick Rubin

"Move fast and break things" is outdated advice for startups. Software ate the world—and there's more competition than ever. Our startup learned the hard way to ignore this advice, and this is what happened:

Dani Grant twitter.com

sari

A writing example: when I look back in my notes I realize so much of what I write about today I was ruminating about 2-3 years ago. I always knew what I was going to say. I just didn’t have the tools, I didn’t have the maturity, I didn’t have the language or sensitivity to beauty to recognize what that was. So much of what I learned was latent,... See more

Nix • things that take time

ssari

oof this very accurately describes my journey to Sublime. i've had all of the ideas, but I was lacking a strong notion of taste.

Boy, I hurried... I hurried for a long time. I'm sorry I did. All the time you're hurrying, you're not really as aware as you should be. You're trying to make things happen instead of just letting it happen. You follow me?

-Bob Dylan

sari

100x method — "the most successful things I’ve done have one thing in common: I’ve done them at least 100 times." if you want to start a project, commit to 100 iterations. 1. takes you past the dip: the inevitable downturn when you feel stuck/bored/... See more

alex

Short-term vs Long-term - The I.G.Y. Foundation

igyfoundation.org.uk

sari

Alara

Evolution is powerful. It gives us the chance to revise, edit and do what works while removing what doesn’t.

Once we realize that there is almost no chance we’ll get it right the first time, we can embrace the opportunity to sign up for better instead of perfect.

Get it wrong the first time.

Then make it better.

AAlara

nobody gets it right the first time via Seth Godin

don’t be discouraged

weathering the ups and downs of creative projects, life, relationships. one brick at a time.

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