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Smooth execution is greatly facilitated by building in ample buffers and slack. Prepare early and amply. Don’t try to cram a ton of things in, and watch out for the planning fallacy (underestimating how long a task will take). As a rule, add 50% to your time estimates.

This book seems full of small self-contradictions. Fx editing: take a 2-sentence message and say it with 1. Example of furniture designer who made every piece have 2-3 functions. But then wait- “condensing doesn’t mean doing more at one”- but that’s exactly what you just illustrated with your last example. Then, he literally says “edit less.” Okay so do this thing, but also, don’t do it.

Beware the SUNK COST FALLACY- wasting time and resources on projects that just will not work, simply because you’ve already invested a lot and want it to work out. Seek out a neutral second opinion from someone not emotionally invested in the situation.