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Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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Michael Doane
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in Baltimore, The United States
November 16, 1989
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Lowering Your Expectations
Achieving quality through quantityA lot of people confuse the non-zero principle with lowering your expectations. But if you’re setting your expectations low, you’re missing the point. Non-zero is about setting the conditions for success. It’s creating a system that ensures certain outcomes over the long term.
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“Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.”
― The Bonesetter's Daughter
― The Bonesetter's Daughter
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