On Iteration

The engineer in me gets stuck on the idea that there are straight-forward, simple answers to things like "how to be happy" and "how to be successful in business". And maybe at a high level there are some simple answers. But the execution of specific acts toward these pursuits— as a human being, our execution is never perfect, and we exist in messy environments with many variables. We have our own strengths and weaknesses and our own unique contexts. Very few acts will be a complete solution, or universal among people. But perhaps we can distill ideas, share them with each other, and make some progress by iterating continually, not expecting a single overnight success and certainly not giving up.

State goal -> time block -> do the work -> measure (repeat)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/business/mind-meld-bill-gates-steven-pinker.html