As soon as possible is the shortest way to failure.
Even when it comes from you (for you).
Even when it’s about something important.
Even when everybody else has already done it.
As soon as possible is a great way to impress an urgency in somebody’s mind for a very short time. And then make everybody forget about it, often even before the job is done.
That’s not why you are here.
Back in your days, things were certainly different. But I promise you, any judgement you are giving on 30-40-50 years before in your life is probably inaccurate, biased, and positively or negatively exaggerated.
It’s a good base to make a joke, not a good one to make a decision.
When I was a teenager, and computers where just starting to become common things in Italian households, I remember a family friend used to be convinced that they could transmit viruses that where dangerous to people.
What happened is that he probably heard about computer viruses, and he just stuck to his own definition: viruses are a danger for human beings.
This challenge in making new ideas fit into old mental concept and ideas is very common. And if you fall into that, you are not an idiot or uneducated. You simply still have not had the mental shift.
And for that, you are pretty much always in time.
One of the things that’s more infuriating is acting in a way that does not fit the image we have of ourselves.
Raising the voice when we like to think we are calm and understanding.
Cheating at a game when we like to think we are fair and honest.
Gossiping to fit in when we like to think we are open and trustworthy.
And the funny thing is that it’s true whether we have a clear idea of who we want to be or not.
But if we don’t know what we want to be, we’ll never figure out what infuriates us, nor we will ever do anything to correct that.
Start the day with something that motivates you, something you can be proud of, something that is valuable.
A bad way to start the day is by checking emails and instant messages, and getting caught in answering each one of them (as well as the new ones as they come in).
A good way to start the day is by shutting down email and instant messages app, and writing that blog post that’s been on your backlog for weeks.
A bad way to start the day is with a meeting.
A good way to start the day is by dedicating your full attention to that deliverable that is waiting for your feedback.
A bad way to start the day is by checking social media accounts and a few potentially interesting websites.
A good way to start the day is by going offline and drafting the full content calendar for next quarter.
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