I'm sad that people don't do much of public reflection on how they managed to get where they are (how they moved things where these things are). Contrary they make up appealing stories (which sometimes becomes a part of idea becoming impactful) hiding real mechanics. I appreciate your kind of openess. Thanks for sharing. What you described is aligned with my observations and I hope it will save some time of rediscovering things which work. For example I could not accept repeating, pitching same idea again and again (though some people say that repetition is what works). After reading about your experience it will be easier for me to get there.
Pro tip when offering pro tips (stolen from Andrew Carnegie) begin by telling me why I should listen to your pro tip.<p>Pretend I’ve never hear of you and don’t know if you’ve ever accomplished anything meaningful. Assume that I’ll take one look, not recognize your name and go away unless you give me a reason to stay.
> Before I go into detail, let me first say that one difference between success and failure turning an idea into impact is work. Lots and lots of work.<p>… because ideas don’t execute themselves
I can tell this guy walks the walk because midway through the essay I went, “Haha nice; he’s doing it right now—that’s so meta” and then sure enough the conclusion bore this out.
Very helpful - thank you!<p>Others in the comments: I also like this post from the OP - <a href="https://medium.com/@kentbeck_7670/fast-slow-in-3x-explore-expand-extract-6d4c94a7539" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://medium.com/@kentbeck_7670/fast-slow-in-3x-explore-ex...</a>