- It’s important to do things fast
- You learn more per unit time because you make contact with reality more frequently
- Going fast makes you focus on what’s important; there’s no time for bullshit
- “Slow is fake”
- A week is 2% of the year
- Time is the denominator
How To Be Successful - Sam Altman:
Once you have figured out what to do, be unstoppable about getting your small handful of priorities accomplished quickly. I have yet to meet a slow-moving person who is very successful.
How to do things if you’re not that smart and don’t have any talent
Bring a sense of urgency & move fast. If you think about it, most deadlines are arbitrary, and smart & talented people know this. They will still work to the deadline but they may not feel a real sense of urgency to move faster. Try to counteract this energy. I’m not sure why but moving faster increases the likelihood that work will actually get done, and also opens you up (and therefore the team) up to a lot more opportunities along the way. Most likely because you are “prepared” when you meet luck, or something along those lines.
Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems « the jsomers.net blog