[samkater]

I can’t find the source of this quote, but it applies here: “the hallmark of an amateur is the focus on tools”. Obviously tools matter, but professionals know how to balance getting the best environment set up, and actually producing what they need to make.

I heard that quote when I was an aspiring musician (trombone). Once when I was complaining to an instructor that my horn just couldn’t produce the sound I wanted, he took it, played the passage beautifully, and said “sometimes it’s the fiddler, not the fiddle.” A humbling, eye-opening experience that has applied to all of my professional experiences.

[raindropm]

..or those productivity porn out there.

Amateurs seek new apps, novel idea, or that best trick that will cure all procrastination. I've been there, and still be sometimes, but much less now since the system began to click and taking shapes after numerous (failed)attempt.

(Well, that made me semi-amateurs I think)

Professional have their own system(usually simple and routinely) and run their life with it. My mom and her trusty pencil & notebook run our household budget for fifty years!(and still going) I can't imagine doing that without some Excel...

Although I'm sure we're all amateur at some point in life...