Complexity is the enemy of execution!
Tony RobbinsRead
We're worn into grooves by Time - by our habits. In the end, these grooves are going to show whether we've been second-rate or champions, each in his way, in dispatching the affairs of every day. By choosing our habits, we determine the grooves into which Time will wear us; and these are grooves that enrich our lives and make for ease of mind, peace, happiness - achievement.
Interpretation
Our habits shape our lives and determine our success and happiness.
The quote emphasizes that our daily habits, developed over time, carve paths that define our character and achievements. By consciously selecting positive habits, we can ensure that these habits foster a fulfilling life, leading to peace and accomplishment rather than mediocrity.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
Complexity is the enemy of execution!
If you spend too much time learning the 'tricks' of the trade, you may not learn the trade. There are no shortcuts. If you're working on finding a short cut, the easy way, you're not working hard enough on the fundamentals. You may get away with it for a spell, but there is no substitute for the basics. And the first basic is good, old fashioned hard work.
The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules, but to win.
To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.
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