Notes
Chapter 11: Staying on the bus
- Patience is key; slowing down to observe, listen, understand
- “If you’re willing to endure the discomfort of not knowing, a solution will often present itself…we’re made so uneasy by the experience of allowing reality to unfold at its own speed that when we’re faced with a problem, it feels better to race toward a resolution—any resolution, really, so long as we can tell ourselves we’re dealing with the situation, thereby maintaining the feeling of being in control” — p.179
- 3 Principles of patience
- Develop a taste for having problems— life is just a process of engaging with problems, it’s not an impediment it’s the substance of a meaningful life
- Embrace radical incrementalism — be willing to time box or do little and then walk away from it. The urge to push onward includes a big component of impatience about not being finished, about not being productive enough, about never finding such an ideal time for work, stopping helps strengthen the muscle of patience that will permit you to return to the project again and again and thus to sustain your productivity over an entire career l