done is better than good

done is better than good

Seth Godin calls this the dip.  That long drawn out period of time when you are neither at the beginning or the finish line. You are smack in the middle of what you are trying to do and everything seems to blend into everything else and there is no end in sight. I...
sometimes your worst will do

sometimes your worst will do

Sometimes your worst will do and your most abhorrent effort is good enough. That’s because giving up and not following through is far worse. You can’t edit an unwritten page. You cannot season un unprepared dish, as much as you can’t fix an untried finger technique...
done is better than good

done is better than good

I think being done is far better than good, but that doesn’t mean whatever it is we have a passion for has to be done half assed. But if you had a choice, and you do have a choice, between getting at something and getting it done good but not finishing, and getting it...
the short cut

the short cut

We all look for a faster better way to do something. We look for the short cut. Some industry inside information that will elevate us at a far higher rate of return than those we are travelling with. Perhaps that works in the business world and real-estate but it does...
done over easy

done over easy

Done over easy. That’s how I like my dreams early in the morning, with a side of home fries, and a hot coffee; two creams, no sugar. Done. One syllable. One single point of focus. Completion and a conclusion. When it comes to work we are funny people. If we are...
grains of failure

grains of failure

The problem with throwing up your arms and saying you’re a failure, or moaning unquantifiable mistakes is that there is nowhere to go and nothing to learn. Making mistakes and stumbling is as much a part of being human as taking in oxygen. We were born out of non...