[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Perfection]] - People: [[Adam Savage]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KclWzqTm2Wk --- ## Summary - Ask yourself, "[[What if I was on the clock?]]" - [[Endless possibilities are the enemy of execution]]. - [[Intense constraints demand extreme execution]]. - [[89% of success is showing up]]. - [[You can't always make the right decision, but you can make the decision right]] ## Notes ### Build it. Understand it. - "I have to build it to understand the parameters." - Iteration builds understanding. - [[Iteration reveals what something truly is, what it’s meant to be, and what it’s meant to do.]] ### Execution - "Why not make it perfect?... That's the enemy of getting something executed." - [[Endless possibilities are the enemy of execution]]. - [[New possibilities demands decisions to move forward]]. - [[You can't always make the right decision, but you can make the decision right]]. - [[What if I was on the clock?]] - [[Intense constraints demand extreme execution]]. - [[It's not the greatest piece of furniture that's ever built, if no one ever gets around to building it, is it?]] - [[Having talent isn't good enough. Being clever isn't good enough. You have to show up.]] - [[89% of success is showing up]]. ### Ambition - [[Ambition is universally dangerous, but not universally bad.]] - [[From the vantage point of the present, every life story looks linear.]] - Ambition isn’t just about chasing achievements; it can also mean striving to maintain stability. - [[Ambition is about wanting something and doing something about it]]. - [[We don't know what it will be because it hasn't told us yet. Eventually, it will tell us what it wants to be, and our job is to execute that.]] - [[Figure what the thing is suppose to be rather than imposing your vision on a future]].