Parrish: The 24-hour rule limits celebration or mourning to one single day
Shane Parrish · Marshall Goldsmith: The Essentials Of Leadership · Jul 12, 2022 · at 41:20
Farnam Street founder Shane Parrish describes his personal operating rule for letting go of previous outcomes to maintain forward momentum.
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“I have an idea that, you know, I've written about recently called the 24 hour rule, which is no matter what happens in your day, you get that day to celebrate or cry or the next day you have a new page and it's a blank page. And you have to move on. You can't hang on to yesterday's wins or yesterday's losses. You just need to go forward.”
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