The list of mistakes you can never recover from is very short.
But you likely realize your life will not be destroyed if your book doesn't sell or i… - James Clear
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The list of mistakes you can never recover from is very short.
But you likely realize your life will not be destroyed if your book doesn't sell or if a potential date turns you down or if your startup goes bust. It's not the failed outcome that paralyzes us. It's the possibility of looking stupid, feeling humiliated, or dealing with embarrassment that prevents us from getting started at all.
The first step to being courageous is being willing to look foolish.
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James Clear
James Clear (born 1986) is an American writer and public speaker known for Self-improvement.
Persistence and variety. These are the two primary ways to develop great ideas or to solve important problems.
Keep leaning your head against a topic for a long time. Certainly for weeks, possibly for years. And along the way, try many lines of attack. Continue to generate options, explore paths, and propose silly ideas. Copy and paste concepts from widely different disciplines and see if it gets you anywhere. All the while, continue to refine the best solution you've found thus far.
What looks like genius may simply be the byproduct of persistence and variety.
Don't write to sound smart. Write to be useful.
If you're useful over a long time period, you will end up looking smart anyway.
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Intelligence isn't just about what you know. It is also the ability to avoid being your own bottleneck.
• If you lack the skills, be willing to look foolish while you learn them. • If you lack the connections, be courageous enough to reach out and build them. • If you feel uncertain, be bold enough to figure it out along the way.
Many people have the ability, but they talk themselves out of trying.
