Are you working on the main thing?
The main thing is what counts…
Michelangelo “left three-fifths
of his sculptures unfinished.”
Maybe other projects came along.
Maybe the patron changed his mind.
Maybe Michelangelo got tired of working on those pieces.
Maybe he forgot.
Point is, don’t worry if you don’t finish everything you start.
Figure out what the main thing is, and do it.
from
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
by David Epstein (b1983)
New York: Riverhead Books, 2019
quote is from p. 164
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