The business of business
Keep taking things away
If you’re talking about something new or novel, you’ll have to repeat yourself for years before you’re heard.
Remember that nothing is perfect on its own. Everything good in life requires effort, a daily deposit. The grass isn't greener on the other side, the grass is greener where you water it.
— Sahil Bloom
Finding green grass
Being a part of something
"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.
When you deal with people who have trouble, you can either choose to taken the token that says “it’s no big deal” or the token that says “it’s the end of the world”. Whichever token you pick, they’ll take the other.
Cooking food will go the same way as sewing? I hope not!
If you’re efficient, you’re doing it the wrong way. The right way is the hard way. The show was successful because I micromanaged it—every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting. That’s my way of life.
Daniel McGinn • Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
Leadership, it turns out, is the courage to stay in the room when things get messy.
Showing up even when you don’t want to