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Ask HN: What's Your Personal Motto?
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Re: Ask HN: What's Your Personal Motto?
#32No, but I have 2 saying I like:
Move fast and break things. Prove them wrong.
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#33Mine is “This to shall pass”. Like the old king, I’ve found it keeps me humble in the good times, and hopeful in the bad.
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#34No, but I have 2 saying I like: Move fast and break things. Prove them wrong.
I’ve been a believer in move fast and break things for most of my life, but I’ve found as I have moved into larger roles, the fear of others of breaking things has led to stagnation. I’m still trying to find a better saying to assure people that failure isn’t the end, but only a beginning, and that there is always an appropriate time for failure.
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#35one of them is 'Think strong, be strong'
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#36Good times and good vibes
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#37It’s not who you know, it’s who you blow
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#38Memento Mori
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#39"If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly."
A crappy prototype is better than an idea. A three day vacation you take is better than a week only planned. It's a series of small steps.
Re: Ask HN: What's Your Personal Motto?
#40"If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly." A crappy prototype is better than an idea. A three day vacation you take is better than a week only planned. It's a series of small steps.
Pair with the secret of inhuman productivity: if the first 80% of the job takes 20% of the effort, you can do the first 80% of five different things for 400% output. By then you know what's worth really investing in finishing and you can focus down having mapped out a lot of options first.