I feel like every concept can be taken too far or is expected to perfectly encapsulate every situation.
The few principles I live by are vague to avoid that predicament-
1. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
2. Under promise, over deliver
3. Graveyards are full of indispensable men
1 took me a long time to really learn
2 In my case, where I've sucked at estimations, it's really not over deliver, but deliver my under promise.
3 is a De Gaulle quote and my favorite - when I think I can't be replaced because I've had an ego boost from a recent accomplishment. Alternatively, it can also be interpreted as 'the world goes on'.
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I feel like every concept can be taken too far or is expected to perfectly encapsulate every situation.
The few principles I live by are vague to avoid that predicament-
1. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good 2. Under promise, over deliver 3. Graveyards are full of indispensable men
1 took me a long time to really learn
2 In my case, where I've sucked at estimations, it's really not over deliver, but deliver my under promise.
3 is a De Gaulle quote and my favorite - when I think I can't be replaced because I've had an ego boost from a recent accomplishment. Alternatively, it can also be interpreted as 'the world goes on'.
That quote is Georges Clemenceau, not Charles De Gaulle. He was a French politician, but long before De Gaulle.
Not Clemenceau either. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/21/graveyards-full/?am...
That’s a rabbit hole level of interesting! Thanks for sharing!
It's why I come to HN honestly