Two statements: same words, different lessons.
“Good is the enemy of great” and “Great gets in the way of good.”
If you operate at a good level and aren’t interested in overcoming the inertia it takes to be great, you’ll fall under the first category.
If you’re operating at a great level, but allow every detail to hold [...]

“I’m going to learn how to swim,” I’ve been saying to friends for the last month. I’ve looked up classes, found out which one is the right level and price for me, and wrote down the pool schedule. Dug up my bathing suit. Even went to Tim Ferris’s blog to find [...]