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Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
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#352"slow is smooth, smooth is fast" - not sure where the origin is, perhaps military, but some of my friends/coworkers have laughed when I said this before. To me, personally, it has always turned out to be true. When you're working on something, don't rush it, take the time to do it right. This typically saves time in the long run because you tend to avoid rework.
Variations of this motto are said regularly in my office, particularly around prject integration points. I find the truth as well- it is one of my favorites. Much more time is wasted finding a mistake than is saved by making it.
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#353"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." And also: "Everythi…
yet... sometimes it makes sense to leave some things to a pro. you should be able to ask for help.
I remember - a long time ago - reading the 7 habits book and the stages of maturity were - dependence, independence and interdependence.
So being a completely independent self-contained person is only stage 2.
It's a good stage though - personal sovereignty where you can do ANYTHING - but the next step is to do bigger stuff with others.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
#354A young man of my acquaintance has on the headset of his bicycle "There's only one way to get home". Something his father told him during a long bike ride once, when he was in despair of ever finishing.
one time my roommate called me from ... very far away... He said "come get me, I've biked too far".
and I drove for like an hour or more to bfe and got him.
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#355Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
#356"When normal sense makes good sense, seek no other sense."
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#357Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
#358It "...never gets easier, you just go faster." -- Greg Lemond About the refusal to be at ease in your comfort zone. If it's easy for you now, you better push harder before the competition catches-up.
I recall those land speed guys who ride a bicycle behind a pickup breaking the wind on the salt flats. Basically eliminated air drag... and ran right into rolling friction.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
#359“Be who you are and say what you feel, because in the end those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter.”
~Dr. Seuss
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
#360Help people (including yourself) become the best version of themselves.