3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“Trust follows consistency.
The business that delivers a quality product every time earns the customer's trust.
The person in the relationship who shows up reliably — who keeps promises, who responds with steadiness — earns the trust of the other.
The pattern is the proof.”
II.
“Environment can multiply (or divide) your effort.
Before you plant the garden, study the soil. After you plant the garden, tend the weeds.
First, selection. Think carefully about the right person to marry or business to pursue or city to live in.
Then, cultivation. Once you choose, care for it lovingly and nurture it into the best it can be.”
III.
“Speed creates opportunity. Patience compounds it.
Moving fast will generate more chances. But if you quickly jump from thing to thing, growth will stall.
Get moving and find what works, then do it for decades.”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
Playwright and poet William Shakespeare reminds us that we can never know our full power unless we find the courage to begin:
“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”
Source: Measure for Measure (1603)
II.
Graphic designer Steve Krug reminds us that the cost of change grows over time and early experiments are critical (in life and work):
“Testing one user early in the project is better than testing fifty near the end.”
Source: Don’t Make Me Think!
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Elimination solves many problems. For one, you won't have to do the thing you eliminate. But also, you free up time, attention, and resources to do a better job on what remains. Before trying to be more productive, be more ruthless about what gets cut.
What can you eliminate this week?
Until next week,
James Clear
Author of Atomic Habits
Cofounder of Authors Equity
