This entry is part of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle only five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery, and you…
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Mediocre Excellence, Or, Excellence By Mediocrity: How To Achieve Greatly By Doing Almost Nothing
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“What would be really interesting to see…is how beautiful things grow out of s##t. Because nobody ever believes that. Everybody thinks that Beethoven had his string quartets completely in his head—they’d somehow appeared there and formed in his head—before he, and all he had…
Not Nothing
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 2 of 11 in the series Mediocre ExcellenceDon’t do a good job, do a job. Don’t get it right. Don’t get it done. Get it started. It’s not surgery. Yes, you can be this lax and still win. I did. Nice, huh? Don’t aim for perfection. Don’t even aim for excellence. Just…
Birthlines, Part 3: If You Want To Win, Stop Trying To Finish
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series BirthlinesThis entry is part 3 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“The only time you mustn’t fail is the last time you try.” ~ Charles Kettering Stop trying to finish things. The reason you have trouble getting stuff done is because you’re always trying to…
1 ≫ 0: One Is Better Than None
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Hard and EasyThis entry is part 4 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“All failure comes from trying too hard.” / NAKATANI Akihiro 1 is bigger than 0. Obvious, I know. Common sense, I know. But common sense isn’t common. Common sense is the least…
Stop Trying To Do Things Well: Getting Over Zero
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 6 of 11 in the series Mediocre ExcellenceThe biggest hurdle is not quality but quantity. Specifically the quantity known as 0. It’s not doing things badly that’s the problem, it’s not doing them at all. So stop trying do things well. Stop trying to do things better. Stop giving a fucare…