"Inspiration is perishable, act on it immediately." – Naval Ravikant
To help understand this idea, consider the contrast between the two concepts ancient Greeks used to think about time:
Chronos — the chronological passage of time.
Kairos — the right, critical, or opportune moment.
The best analogy I've heard for Kairos: an archer waiting for the perfect moment to release an arrow in order to hit a target.
Too early, you miss, too late, you miss.
Often, timing is more important than time.
If you are building something, it is far more useful to focus on the work you are doing to produce the result than the result itself.
The constraint we apply to package our idea determines their reach & resonance. "Make 1 decision to eliminate 1,000 decisions."
To help understand this idea, consider the contrast between the two concepts ancient Greeks used to think about time.
It should be relatively simple to identify when we aren't accumulating net new experience, but in practice, it doesn't seem to be.
Language is an incredible tool. It makes it possible for us to externalize what we think and communicate it to others.
