[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Perfection]], [[Productivity]] - People: [[Casey Neistat]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ESakf05PQ --- ## Summary - "[[Someone who starts something and doesn't finish something - that's a loser. Someone who starts something and always finishes it - that's a closer.]]" - [[Closing imperfectly moves you closer to perfect]]. - [[Never let perfection prevent you from starting or finishing something]]. - [[Chasing perfection is procrastination]]. - [[The real work begins near the end]]. - "[[Focus on productivity, not perfection]]." - [[Place preciousness on momentum, not perfection]]. ## Notes - "[[Live as if it were impossible to fail]]". - "[[Starting something and not finishing something... in my book, that's not okay.]]" - "[[Someone who starts something and doesn't finish something - that's a loser. Someone who starts something and always finishes it - that's a closer.]]" - "[[Always be closing]]". - "[[Perfection is the enemy of good]]". - [[Never let your desire of perfection prevent you from finishing something good]]. - [[Never let perfection prevent you from starting or finishing something]]. - [[I'll take imperfect somethings over perfect nothings any day]]. - [[Chasing perfection is procrastination]] - To put the hard work and decision making that's needed to complete something. - [[The real work begins near the end]]. - Finish something imperfectly. This allows you to move on to get closer to perfect. - [[Closing imperfectly moves you closer to perfect]]. - [[Don't be saddened by it's imperfection. Be joyful of it's existence.]] - Abandon the false idea of perfection. - [[Place preciousness on momentum, not perfection]]. - "[[Focus on productivity, not perfection]]." - [[Pareto principle]] - The first 80% of something is just 20% of the work. The last 20% of something is 80% of the work. - "When you run a marathon that's 26 miles. The first 22 is only 20% of the work. It's those last 4 miles that are 80% of the work." ## Original ![[Losers and closers-1.jpg]] ![[Losers and closers-2.jpg]]