The hardest part isn’t making a change. The hardest part is recognizing that a change needs to be made.

Waking up from autopilot means questioning not just where you’re going, but why you started walking in the first place.

Metrics are tools. But if we let them define success alone, we risk optimizing our lives for applause rather than meaning.

Track what you don’t want to lose. Joy, curiosity, sleep, sanity... If these plummet while your metrics soar, congratulations: you're winning the wrong race.

Treat metrics as feedback, not judgments. A disappointing number isn't failure. It's updating prior knowledge.

Anchor yourself to purpose, not numbers. Regularly ask yourself: "Why did I start this again?"

If you don’t deliberately shake up your information flow, you’ll slowly become outdated, even while feeling more experienced.

BTW, Hobart's newsletters are an easy recommendation for shaking up your information flow.

Beware of those who overfit a job description. They’re likely to underdeliver in the actual job.

I used to think weird ideas meant I was off track. Turns out, they’re just a side effect of trying something new. Still weird, but now I take notes just in case! ;)

In that context, I loved this quote from the one and only Kevin Kelly, in this intriguingly titled essay:

“Greatness is overrated. It’s a form of extremism, and it comes with extreme vices that I have no interest in. Steve Jobs was a jerk. Bob Dylan is a jerk.”

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