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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 13 May 2010 to 11 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under management management Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under discipline discipline Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A task with no fixed deadline tends to never get done at all. A task with no fixed deadline tends tonever get done at all. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A task placed on an engineering backlog is effectively never going to get done. — tap to centre the map on it A task placed on an engineeringbacklog is effectively never goingto get done. Last stated 3 months ago 8 Aug 2026 ML Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task. — tap to centre the map on it An unstarted, unresolved task ismore mentally exhausting than almostany other kind of task. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having no deadline is a blessing and a curse: a designer can linger on a goalpost of perfection that keeps moving and never ship. — tap to centre the map on it Having no deadline is a blessing anda curse: a designer can linger on agoalpost of perfection that keepsmoving and never ship. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 TC Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: The task is not to suppress change, which is impossible, but to manage it — tap to centre the map on it The task is not to suppress change,which is impossible, but to manageit AT Alvin Toffler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one has the time to actively maintain software especially for non technical people — tap to centre the map on it No one has the time to activelymaintain software especially for nontechnical people Last stated 4 weeks ago 11 Oct 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Any task, even a harmless one, can be turned into an in-context impossible or very difficult task. — tap to centre the map on it Any task, even a harmless one, canbe turned into an in-contextimpossible or very difficult task. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A speaker must always finish on time. — tap to centre the map on it A speaker must always finish ontime. Last stated 16 years ago 13 May 2010 AA Andrei Alexandrescu — holds since 2010-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hardest part about big companies is not that nothing gets done, but that everything takes a long time to get done or to find out whether it can. — tap to centre the map on it The hardest part about big companiesis not that nothing gets done, butthat everything takes a long time toget done or to find out whether itcan. Last stated 7 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Follow your skill" is better advice for young people than "follow your passion". — tap to centre the map on it "Follow your skill" is better advicefor young people than "follow yourpassion". Last stated 10 months ago 9 Jan 2026 AB Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2026-01-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Proxy action" - an easy task that feels like progress - lets people avoid the hard work of actually making progress. — tap to centre the map on it "Proxy action" - an easy task thatfeels like progress - lets peopleavoid the hard work of actuallymaking progress. Last stated 2 months ago 8 Sept 2026 JF Jason Feifer — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one. — tap to centre the map on it 'Money won't make you happy' is asocial truth, not an individual one. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Mar 2021 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 5 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A task with no fixed deadline tends to never get done at all. Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Gretchen Rubin Read this korrent →