# James Stanier - Fast-forwarding decision making (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1200,h_600,c_limit,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2a57eaf-8ef2-4f00-868a-f98f22979763_480x270.webp) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/28344513) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[James Stanier]] **Full Title**:: Fast-forwarding decision making **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **Document Tags**:: #favorite **URL**:: [theengineeringmanager.substack.com](https://theengineeringmanager.substack.com/p/fast-forwarding-decision-making) **Host**:: [[theengineeringmanager.substack.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-05-29]] **Created**:: [[2023-06-03]] ## Highlights - Even though you *thought* you’d made progress — and wasn’t it amazing that you could even get this group together! — you’ve just allowed arbitrary availability in everyone’s schedule decide that your work is going to take another nine days. When you think about it that way, it’s a bit preposterous. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h1ks1necnjfxhwd4vq13t1b9)) ^538479638 - Bug #2: Being afraid of sharing anything other than perfection ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h1kt0y242mdtpdrdn8shw33p)) ^538484693 - After submitting the pull request, you send a message to the teams that are going to use your service to say that it’s available for them to look at. You ask that if they’ve got any time, you’d appreciate some eyes on it. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h1kt3cet0s54qpt0xpy17577)) ^538485424