[[Peak performance]] tags:: #note/statement | #on/performance | #on/innovation | #on/work | #on/time #on/projectmanagement Lon Setnik dates:: 2022-09-13 *perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away* [[🐓 Idea Farm/Deadfall/For myself only/Readwise/Books/Wind, Sand and Stars]] This reminds me of [[management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things]], leadership is required before management can do it's optimization. People have a systematic bias against subtraction towards addition when thinking about improvement (Adams, 2021), which is a big part of what may lead to burnout and unintentional disengagement (Lawton, 2022). It's kind of like [[Design thinking]], how being mindful helps us ensure we are doing the right tasks. Remember, [[our environment shapes our behavior]], so how do we design our environment so we do the right things and eliminate the wrong things. [[Hell Yes or No]] dictates that any yes prevents other yesses. If I don't say No then I don't choose my yesses. This is a frame of reference that in order to be most effective, you have to be willing to say No to many things. Elimination is the best way to be efficient, because the cost then goes to zero. This is related to the [[Eisenhower's Box]]. This matters, for example, because when I work on my [[Knowledge Value Making]], I am spending MOST of my time doing note growing, and very little doing MOC creation. Since MOC creation is the thing that I will share, I need to move my time into MOC creation. ### What would the opposite argument be? When you eliminate, you prevent yourself from doing anything about this. ## Sources: https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/knowledge-of-men/eisenhower-decision-matrix/ Adams, G. S., Converse, B. A., Hales, A. H., & Klotz, L. E. (2021). People systematically overlook subtractive changes. _Nature_, _592_(7853), 258–261. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03380-y](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03380-y) Lawton, R., & Thomas, E. J. (2022). Overcoming the ‘self-limiting’ nature of QI: Can we improve the quality of patient care while caring for staff? _BMJ Quality & Safety_, bmjqs-2022-015272. [https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015272](https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015272)