Saved by unoptimal
Half-assing it with everything you've got - LessWrong
The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
Timothy Ferriss • The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
A gem form the LessWrong community: 'Humans are not automatically strategic.'
"A large majority of otherwise smart people spend time doing semi-productive things, when there are massively productive opportunities untapped." https://t.co/5eR7t5YXLN
When people believe that their efforts at work don’t matter, they tend to respond in one of two ways. Sometimes they check out and stop trying, like the mathematically challenged child. The other response is less obvious at first. They do the opposite. They become hyperactive. They accept every opportunity presented. They throw themselves into ever
... See moreGreg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
what isn’t worth doing isn’t worth doing well.