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← Finishing one piece of work, even a failed one, permanently removes the difficulty of finishing.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments on record from 17 Sept 2010 to 6 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under innovation innovation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Finishing one piece of work, even a failed one, permanently removes the difficulty of finishing. Finishing one piece of work, even a failedone, permanently removes the difficulty offinishing. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 SP Steven Pressfield — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Each project you finish makes the next one easier to finish and teaches you more about what a successful one takes. — tap to centre the map on it Each project you finish makes thenext one easier to finish andteaches you more about what asuccessful one takes. Last stated 4 years ago 14 Dec 2022 DY Derek Yu — holds since 2022-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Finishing is a skill you get better at with practice, not a final step of the process. — tap to centre the map on it Finishing is a skill you get betterat with practice, not a final stepof the process. Last stated 16 years ago 17 Sept 2010 DY Derek Yu — holds since 2010-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: You do not have to finish a project to be rewarded for it: being told 'well done' for one piece is itself a motivational pull that keeps the work moving. — tap to centre the map on it You do not have to finish a projectto be rewarded for it: being told'well done' for one piece is itselfa motivational pull that keeps thework moving. Last stated 2 weeks ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Finishing is as much a part of motivation as starting, and the two are separate capacities: plenty of energetic people never complete anything. — tap to centre the map on it Finishing is as much a part ofmotivation as starting, and the twoare separate capacities: plenty ofenergetic people never completeanything. Last stated 2 weeks ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Resistance to finishing is strongest at the finish line, precisely because the work is about to be done. — tap to centre the map on it Resistance to finishing is strongestat the finish line, preciselybecause the work is about to bedone. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 SP Steven Pressfield — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you take a deadline deadly seriously and refuse ever to violate it, your mind simply finishes the work when it needs to be finished. — tap to centre the map on it If you take a deadline deadlyseriously and refuse ever to violateit, your mind simply finishes thework when it needs to be finished. Last stated 9 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: You only fail if you stop; iteration that keeps going is not failure, it is learning. — tap to centre the map on it You only fail if you stop; iterationthat keeps going is not failure, itis learning. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Jun 2026 TF Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Any task can be made arbitrarily difficult or effectively impossible depending on how its context is framed. — tap to centre the map on it Any task can be made arbitrarilydifficult or effectively impossibledepending on how its context isframed. Last stated 2 days ago 6 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it. — tap to centre the map on it A founder needs ambition rather thana sense of duty, because a startupis grueling enough that dutifulnesswill not carry anyone through it. Last stated 5 days ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aim for moonshots: they attract the best people, leave you the path to yourself, and even sixty to eighty percent of one is a terrific success. — tap to centre the map on it Aim for moonshots: they attract thebest people, leave you the path toyourself, and even sixty to eightypercent of one is a terrificsuccess. Last stated a year ago 5 Jun 2025 SP Sundar Pichai — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Always be learning, because work that is not teaching you is probably not on a path that leads to superlinear returns. — tap to centre the map on it Always be learning, because workthat is not teaching you is probablynot on a path that leads tosuperlinear returns. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Superlinear returns are a feature of the world rather than an artifact of capitalism, and the same pattern runs through fame, power, knowledge and benefit to humanity. — tap to centre the map on it Superlinear returns are a feature ofthe world rather than an artifact ofcapitalism, and the same patternruns through fame, power, knowledgeand benefit to humanity. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free-enterprise capitalism is not the cause of poverty but the only tool there is for ending hunger and poverty anywhere on earth. — tap to centre the map on it Free-enterprise capitalism is notthe cause of poverty but the onlytool there is for ending hunger andpoverty anywhere on earth. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Jan 2024 JM Javier Milei — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Retirement, when it comes, will be a retirement from customers and commerce, not from building and sharing things. — tap to centre the map on it Retirement, when it comes, will be aretirement from customers andcommerce, not from building andsharing things. Last stated a month ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: An inventor's highest ambition should be that the invention is eventually taken for granted and stops being seen as an invention at all. — tap to centre the map on it An inventor's highest ambitionshould be that the invention iseventually taken for granted andstops being seen as an invention atall. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Innovation tends to come from slack time away from firefighting, not from being fully utilized. — tap to centre the map on it Innovation tends to come from slacktime away from firefighting, notfrom being fully utilized. Last stated 5 days ago 3 Sept 2026 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-06-17 — tap for who they are GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitor six months or a year behind the frontier can stay close, because the cost of AI falls more than tenfold every year. — tap to centre the map on it A competitor six months or a yearbehind the frontier can stay close,because the cost of AI falls morethan tenfold every year. Last stated 8 months ago 8 Jan 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Finishing one piece of work, even a failed one, permanently removes the difficulty of finishing. Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago Holds Steven Pressfield Read this korrent →