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Posted June 10, 2009
Extraordinary results come from extraordinary effort. Seems obvious. Seems logical that the world should work that way. But how many of us expect extraordinary results from ordinary effort? A 40-hour week is the legal minimum. And if you work that minimum number of hours, you might expect a minimum level of results. Why would anyone expect more? It is hard to be more creative, not sure how to be smarter, don’t think I can work any harder than I already am, or somehow get more done in the same amount of time. No idea how to get luckier. But I sure can put in more hours, above and beyond the minimum, and at least to a point, I can be fairly sure that will yield greater results, all else being equal. When we created the mechanism for our Carthweeling Tigger, many a long day, evening, as well as Saturdays and Sundays were spent in the quest to perfect the mechanism, and the result was an extraordinary product. When we created the mechanism, actions, and playpatterns for TMX Elmo, TMX Cookie, and TMX Ernie, our team worked many extra days - thinking, meeting, testing and experimenting tirelessly (and sometimes tiredly). It was a process of hard work and harder thinking and the results speak for themselves.
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