Amateurs Are Obsessed With Tools

Why is that concerning?

It's concerning because they are seeking to optimize the things that they are not even doing. Which is a great way to never get there. Obsessing about productivity is a form of procrastination.

We worry too much about constructing that perfect path. There is no perfect path! That friction is just fear in disguise.

The journey is the marble from what you ship away at excellence. You don't need a perfect path, you need to go. You need to point the compass in a general direction and begin.

The crazy chaotic unpredictable variables of life are what we are used to building.

Life is not a “perfection” game, it's an “adjustment” game. The ones who can get hit and bounce back will move exponentially further than the ones seeking to create some perfection before they leave their front door.

I'm not saying preparation is the enemy here. Preparation is certainly a huge factor when determining something's outcome or success. But there comes a time when you have to be honest with yourself: You can't plan your way to greatness. You are worried about walking into the chaos. That's all! Let's be real, it's way easier to sit inside on a couch and plan how to trudge to the mud into actually going out and doing it.

The courage to go is the cost of admission.

The thinker vs the doer metaphor: by the time the thinker has acted the doer has long gone. 1000 fits ahead. They've made their mistakes, they've learned, they've collected data… they are planning in real time as their feet move.