Lenny Distilled

Excellence means knowing when good enough is perfect

Craft → Time & Energy

It truly is not about time. If we're clear on the objectives of something, it might be that the last 20% of polish on the document is a really bad use of time.

Elizabeth StoneHow Netflix builds a culture of excellence
Supporting

What's the least amount of work I could do to make this thing as good as possible? versus How do I do as much work as possible to make sure it's great?

Fareed MosavatHow to build trust and grow as a product leader
Supporting

I just decided that these moments of management were more important than being on time to my next meeting. And so I was just late sometimes.

Kim ScottInside Devin: The AI engineer that's set to write 50% of its company's code this year | Scott Wu
Nuanced

When it comes to judging logos, for instance, the days that I spend knowing exactly what I'm going to do and all it is me just moving little Bezier handles around and getting it feeling right and whatever, those are pure therapeutic zen for me.

Jessica HischeHow to see like a designer: The hidden power of typography and logos