The Quiet Art of Finishing
Why the discipline of closing the loop beats starting new things.
The Quiet Art of Finishing
"Done is better than perfect."
Most people start things. Few finish them. This is about the quiet art of finishing — the discipline of closing the loop.
Ship small
- Write the ugly first draft.
- Cut it in half.
- Publish.
The danger of polish
Polish is procrastination wearing a nice shirt. H2O chemistry aside, the real variable is momentum. Inline code looks like console.log("done").
Subscripts and superscripts
The formula for water is H2O and Einstein's equation is E=mc<sup>2</sup>.
A list that matters
- Start
- Keep going
- Stop when it's done
That's it. Nothing fancy. Just finish.
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The section on subscripts is the best part. H
2O forever!