Yesterday I made the argument for always optimizing for the long term over the short term when given the choice. It so happens that purely by coincidence my favorite blogger Seth Godin wrote something similar today. However, Godin’s point takes a slightly more cynical view of the short term: There’s always someone who is more […]
Seth Godin recently wrote a very insightful blog post on process vs. outcome people. His basic premise is that there are two types of people: First, there are those who look at the outcome before they decide if they’re happy with the process that led to it. Then there are those who insist on a […]
Yesterday I wrote about teaching athletes the lesson of the promise and the prize. In short, this is a basic lesson on commitment to process instead of focusing on outcomes. It just so happens that this morning my favorite blogger Seth Godin is covering a very similar point in his post Confusing effort, preparation and […]