[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Persistence]] - People: [[Adam Savage]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkz19jFh7x0 --- ## Summary - Every project has some uninteresting parts. - [[Every build is going to have tedium and consternation... and it's part of the process]] - [[Be curious about your emotions]]. - [[Understand the macro dynamics of your process]]. - [[Triumph is success with an interesting failure story]]. [[The fail is the meat in the sandwich!]] - [[Do the parts that suck so that you can do the parts that don't]]. - [[The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph]] ## Notes - "Realizing that every project has some uninteresting parts and you're going to have to push through." - "[[Every build is going to have tedium and consternation... and it's part of the process]]." - Sometimes, feelings of uncertainty can result in feelings of imposter syndrome - self doubt. - [[Be curious about your emotions]]. Observe to identify if there's some familiarity within your feelings. Have you felt this before? Have you overcome this before? - "[[Every build has a moment in it where I have no idea what's going on]]". - [[Understand the macro dynamics of your process]] - Your emotional response to the ebbs and flows of failure and triumph that exists in some form within every project. - [[It is not a problem to solve. It is a process to manage.]] - Understand the macro dynamics of your process within the macro dynamics of the people you work with. - "The fail is the reason to put up a story. It's the good narrative twist!". - [[People are interested in failure. People are fascinated by triumph.]] - "[[The fail is the meat in the sandwich!]]". - Express your triumph so viscerally that others cannot help but to live vicariously through you. - [[Triumph is success with an interesting failure story]]. - [[Do the parts that suck so that you can do the parts that don't]]. - [[To become a champion requires a good mental attitude towards preparation. You have to accept the most tedious tasks with pleasure]]. - [[The difference between try and triumph is just a little "umph"]]. - [[The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph]] ## Original ![[Bailing on boring projects-1.jpg]] ![[Bailing on boring projects-2.jpg]]