Get off the pot

When I was a kid, I heard my mom say to my dad, many times, “Jim, sh*t or get off the pot.” I’ve always loved that phrase, and its bias towards taking action, even if imperfect.

I’ve mentioned before, and I’ll say it again: People care way more about whether you have something to say, than whether you hold your hands in the right place. Boring presentations are a dime a dozen, and it’s because people are putting their effort in the wrong place, worrying more about their “presentation skills” than about having something to say.

Nobody ever got promoted for holding their hands in the right place. However, people get promoted on a regular basis because they have an opinion that rocks the world, and they let the world know about it.

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