Care about how the work is done — Andreas Fragner

High performance can manifest itself in different ways and it’s important to recognize that. But one thing that all high performers I know do is to approach their work with a kind of metacognition: They care deeply not just about doing the work but how it’s done. They obsess about efficiency — from small details (keyboard shortcuts, editor configuration, etc.) to general strategies (how to structure their day, how to minimize distractions, knowing when they’re at peak performance, etc.). They understand the power of iteration and that you can only get better if you constantly examine and revise your own work. Great engineers, for example, have a habit of reviewing their own PRs because it gives them a top-down view of their output and a chance to see whether they could’ve solved the problem differently. Importantly, high performers take a long-term view in their pursuit of efficiency. They view their work as a craft to be refined over years, not something that has a definitive end stat

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