Quotes About Progress

If there wasn't a Dip, there'd be no scarcity.

Time to get off the social media merry-go-round that goes faster and faster but never gets anywhere.

If you can't fail, it doesn't count.

It's fine to experience regret when we abandon a sunk cost. It's a mistake to stick with one simply because we can't bear the regret.

el coste de equivocarse es inferior al coste de no hacer nada.

This is what tension feels like. The tension of being left behind.

6. The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done. 7. Once you're done you can throw it away. 8. Laugh at perfection. It's boring and keeps you from being done. 9. People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right. 10. Failure counts as done. So do mistakes. 11. Destruction is a variant of done.

12. If you have an idea and publish it on the Internet, that counts as a ghost of done. 13. Done is the engine of more.

Forward motion isn't the default state of any group of people, particularly groups with lots of people.

You're not the only person who looks for the best choice. Everyone does. As a result, the rewards for being first are enormous. It's not a linear scale. It's not a matter of getting a little more after giving a little more. It's a curve, and a steep one.

hemorrhaging

Ninic nu este static. Nimic nu r?mâne cum a fost. Tot ceea ce construieÈ™ti, proiectezi sau comercializezi urmeaz? s? schimbe piaÈ›a.

Kiasu is the Hokkien word for "the fear of being left behind" or not getting enough.

It's hard to get blocked when you are moving, even if you're not moving in the direction you had in mind that morning

Hugh MacLeod: "The web has made kicking ass easier to achieve, and mediocrity harder to sustain. Mediocrity now howls in protest.

Settling is no fun. It's a malignant habit, a slippery slope that takes you to mediocrity.

The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.

William Gibson has said, "The future is already here—it's just not very evenly distributed.

And most of all, it teaches people in the organization that it's okay not to be the best in the world.

Why is shipping so difficult? I think there are two challenges and one reason: The challenges: 1. Thrashing 2. Coordination And the reason: The resistance.

The Dip is the difference between the easy "beginner" technique and the more useful "expert" approach in skiing or fashion design.

Universities no longer spend as much time bragging about the size of their libraries. The

The Cult of Done Bre Pettis wrote this manifesto on his blog:

Marketing is about spreading ideas, and spreading ideas is the single most important output of our civilization.