成功へのプレッシャーが厳しくなればなるほどに、過程の「正しさ」が重視される。 誰が重視するのかといえば、それはたぶん「主治医の中の裁判官」みたいな、 本来そこにいないはずの誰かなんだけれど。

「子供の真面目さと大人の真面目さは違う。子供の真面目は与えられたことに対してただ真剣に考えて行動するだけ。大人の真面目は自分の人生を見つめて真正面から向き合って行動していくことだ。時には常識から外れていることでも正しいと感じたらそれをやってのけるんだ。」

Pressure is a fuel and if you embrace it rather than letting it get you emotional, you can put things off to the last minute and still do a good job, harnessing the energy that pressure builds up.

How to Use Pressure to Get More Done Without Freaking Out – Stepcase Lifehack

Working smart involves identifying the things you need to do that will give you the best results. The Pareto principle is a perfect example of doing just that. It states that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. The percentages here are not meant to be absolute (although they are strikingly accurate in most cases), but are there to give you a rough estimate in terms of the lopsided differential between the two concepts.

根性だけは負けませんというヤツで根性があったためしが無い。人って長けたところは口にしないんだね。

若いビジネスマンのエクスキューズ – Toru Takasuka の起業・経営

4. Live without shoulds.

I could write a whole book about how I should be, what I should have done and what I should be doing, couldn’t you? The world seems to be full of experts on my life who like to tell me what I should be doing. Living with Beginner’s Mind means letting go of shoulds. I’m not advocating living without our own moral standards. I think that most of our shoulds reflect other peoples’ ideas on what our life should look like. We can let go of them.