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The Cult of Done

Notes taken from watching The Cult of Done by No Boilerplate. (And then the original manifesto added later.)

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1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
3. There is no editing stage.
4. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.
5. Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it.
6. The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.
7. Once you’re done you can throw it away.
8. Laugh at perfection. It’s boring and keeps you from being done.
9. People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right.
10. Failure counts as done. So do mistakes.
11. Destruction is a variant of done.
12. If you have an idea and publish it on the internet, that counts as a ghost of done.
13. Done is the engine of more.

Condensed Concepts

Accept that everything is a draft. There is no editing. Once published, it isn't yours anymore.
You know it even when you think you don't. Banish procrastination - but if it isn't working within a week, it will not work.
The point is to find out what's next. You only do more if you're done with something.
Failure is done. Destruction is done. Publishing is done. Sending an idea into the world is done.
Perfection is worthless. Success teaches nothing.

Original Video Notes

A manifesto for the maker community to describe how to actually finish projects and keep going.

1. Three states of being: Not knowing, Action, Completion.
   Moving from ignorance through mistakes and effort to a finished work and knowledge.
2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
3. There is no editing stage.
   Once something is published, you've lost control of it. Accept this.
4. Fake it till you make it. The difference is almost meaningless.
   (Accept that you "know what you're doing" even if you don't.)
5. Banish procrastination. If you're waiting more than a week to get it done, abandon it.
   • Successful creators create every day.
   • If it isn't working within a week, no amount of further work will make it work.
6. The point of being done is not to finish, but to get other things done.
7. Once you're done, you can throw it away.
   (The art isn't the art, the art is the process of creating.)
8. Laugh at perfection. It's boring, it keeps you from being done.
   Let it go. The thing you'll be paid for comes after you're finished.
   (Don't obsess over details. Make for more.)
9. People with clean hands are wrong. Dirty hands makes you right.
   (Doing something is better than doing it right.)
   Listen to those who make things you love.
10. Failure counts as done. So do mistakes. Failure is good.
    Success teaches nothing.
11. Destruction is a variant of done. You can move on either way.
12. If you have an idea and publish it, that is a ghost of done. It counts.
    The idea isn't yours if you can't do it. (Ideas are worthless when hoarded.)
    (The muses send ideas to the wrong mind sometimes, or the right mind lacking the right tools. Let it go.)
    Let others build it for you.
13. Done is the engine of more. Being done is the only way to find out what's next.

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