The World Wide Web, Content, Work, Blogging Adventures, Short Videos, etc., with Russell Davies

A pottery teacher splits the class in half. One group gets graded on the cumulative weight of pots they make. The other group has to make one perfect pot.

At the end of the course, can you guess who made the best pots? The group that focused on MORE, not the group that focused on BETTER.

Russell Davies has blogged for 20 years, made a TikTok every day for 3 months, and written multiple books. When Michael Coté and I asked how he stays so prolific, his answer surprised me: “I have quite low standards.”

He’s a satisficer. If something meets the criteria, he ships it. No agonizing over whether it could be better with one more day of polish.

If you’ve ever wondered how some people seem to create constantly without burning out — or why your careful, perfected work doesn’t feel like it’s adding up to much — this conversation might reframe things. Have a listen.

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