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The boring part everyone skips right before they fail publicly.
means The basic preparatory work that must be done first to make later effort succeed.
from A straightforward compound from 'ground' (the base or foundation) plus 'work' — dating to the 16th century, originally meaning the literal foundation or substructure of a building before it figuratively spread to any preliminary labor underpinning a larger task.
- etymology
- literally the ground floor of a building, 1600s
- paradox
- invisible when done well, blamed when skipped
- synonym trap
- not planning, planning is thinking, this is doing