In the ring, our opponents can gouge us with their nails or butt us with their heads and leave a bruise, but we don’t denounce them for it or get upset with them or regard them from then on as violent types.
Excellence is a habit
“We are what we repeatedly do, therefore excellence is not an act, but a habit.”
“capability is confirmed and grows in its corresponding actions, walking by walking, and running by running… therefore, if you want to do something, make a habit of it.”
You want to pick things you can get right most of the times, but not all the times.
Accepting a margin of error shows you're pushing your edges, if you always get it right, you're playing it safe and keeping the bar static (or lowering it for the comfort of not failing).
Jeff Bezos reveals why compromise is one of the worst ways to resolve a disagreement
"An example of a really bad way of coming to agreement is compromise. If I say the ceiling is 11 feet and you say 12 feet, we say let's call it 11 and a half. That's compromise"
"The advantage of compromise is it's low energy. But it doesn't lead to truth"
"Another really bad resolution mechanism is who's more stubborn. Two executives disagree, they have a war of attrition, and whichever one gets exhausted first capitulates. You haven't arrived at truth, and this is very demoralizing"
"Escalation is better than a war of attrition. Escalate to your boss and say, we can't agree, we like each other, we're respectful, but we strongly disagree, we need you to make a decision"
"Exhausting the other person is not truth seeking. Compromise is not truth seeking"
2/2 if everything you try is sequenced one after the other, your impact will be reduced. If you X run in parallel, your chance of impact grows x times.
Be mindful that your people have lives and work is JUST work.
This doesn’t apply just to work.
Don’t separate yourself from the pain of your decisions.
- about feedback loop and opportunities to learn and get better.
From Modern Wisdom episode 1083
1/2 Still there:
Do things in parallel.
You can’t get a baby in one month getting 9 women pregnant.
If you put everything in sequence, your timeline expands. When you do them in parallel, then your timeline shrinks.
Nice reflection on trying things.
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They then fixed it and closed my account.
I guess if you want to try the platform to see if , they won’t like it and close your account.
@moonpay , sorry to bug here, but I'm struggling to get help with your platform. Anyone here that could help?
I replied to an email with an update from support, but got a message the email is unmonitored.