The trick is to master the details that allow you to ignore most of the other details
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That allowed the sloppy ones to do work just as good as conscientious ones. A micrometer allows sloppy people to make precise measurements. The instinct is to reward attention to detail where the trick is to make it unnecessary.
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Says something that that’s the one detail from an entire book of aphoristic wisdom that I’ve retained for 30 years... about making details irrelevant. If anything calls for extreme prowess in achieving a delicate balance of 10 variables, chances are there’s a detail-bog there.
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Measure, fix, hold, add leverage... you can usually build a scaffolding to reduce that delicate balance of 10 things with 1 coarse detail that’s just on/off. Cutting the Gordian knot is the story of mastering the one detail that matters.
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Somewhat Relevant: Interviewed an artisan who’s been building lutes for 79 years (started when he was 6). Arguably one of worlds best (has work in the Smithsonian DC. Paired up with an electrical engineer to codify what he did by sound and touch.
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they are quantifying the distributions of performance over a decade of building the lutes.
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Work smart, not hard.
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