you must strike when the iron is hot
Make art, and while everyone is deciding what they think of it, make more art.” — Andy Warhol
It’s any time someone hesitates to make the thing they desperately want to make because they succumb to the avoidable things that kill creativity. There is never enough money or time. You will never feel you have enough knowledge. There are no perfect market conditions. Ideas never (read: shouldn’t) come with a guarantee of success. Just make the
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Ian Wharton.
Relates to Naviety, strike when iron is hot
Just as you are there to nurse the dough in the window it requires to get the result you want. You can’t do steps 1-8 of a recipe, then decide you’re tired, leave it for 2 days and come back to do steps 8-10 hoping for the same result. This sounds so ridiculous you wouldn’t even try it! Because you know it wouldn’t work. And yet this is how many of... See more
I do love this baking metaphor. It doesn’t match properly but it’s close enough. You know that when you write or do something you must first create leave it and come back not too long after to review the work, taste adjust remove before doing the final steps. You have to strike while the iron is hot and follow through
Don't leave anything for later.
Later you lose interest.
Later opportunities fade.
Later your regrets come.
Later you lost your chance.
Later you lose interest.
Later opportunities fade.
Later your regrets come.
Later you lost your chance.
Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.
Gurwinder • 25 Useful Ideas for 2025
ick says if it's a single best thought you have ever had in your life it needs to dominate everything because you're not going to get many insights like that and
if it's your single best Insight your single best idea then obviously it's what you should spending all your time on
Founders Podcast • #365 Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters
Don’t waste time talking about what you plan to think about; instead, work through it immediately.
Intellectual laziness can easily sneak up on you. If you are sitting there talking about problems you plan to solve later, there’s a good chance you are being inefficient. Similarly, in GTD, you don’t put off tasks that only take a couple minutes. In
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Peter Thiel
