People Overestimate What They Can Do in a Day and Underestimate What They Can Do in a Year

The quote about underestimating what you can do has been attributed to various people, from Bill Gates to religious authors and self-help gurus. Whoever said it, it’s true.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Ever since I got back from Chile a couple of weeks ago, every day has been a micro-frustration of thinking I was going to get more done. There were three things I wanted to get done over the weekend. I finished one of those. Monday, I finished another one. UPS lost…