> I’m tired of this. I think we overvalue thinking and undervalue taking action on that thinking. It’s easy to discuss ideas, which is one reason I think I’ve done so much of it and used to find it appealing.

> Lately, though, simply reading or thinking about ideas feels inadequate, even a waste of time. It feels wrong to me, because it goes against some of the things I value deep down–things which don’t have a specific word for them (that I’m aware of, with my non-native knowledge of English).

> It’s the value that seeks to do things, see the results of doing those things. Ideas made tangible.

This resonated with me a lot.

I've written before about how I ditched over-the-top all-in-one bookmarking, highlighting, annotating and read-it-later platforms for a single fuzzily-searchable database of highlights I take from anywhere (comments, articles, books, blogs etc.) and how much this has improved my life flow in general.

I don't think it's a coincidence that since that mindset shift, I've gone on to create a modest-but-profitable SaaS, a category-defining piece of open source software with a vibrant and active community, and that after a lifetime of watching from the sidelines, I have finally learned to dance to the level that I'm regularly referred to as a "good dancer" (still working on being able to accept this compliment, though)