If information isn't nurtured with action, it loses its power. Nurture all new information and your progress will accelerate. - Daniel Goldin

Most often, we suffer because we cannot cut off.
Because, to cut off is to make a decision.

“If I had known how hard it would be, I wouldn’t have started.”

And then blind optimism is the savior.

No, in the business of hard things.

We know how hard it will be.

We know we have no savior.

And we do it anyway.

Success in amateur tennis comes from keeping the ball in play and allowing the opponent to make mistakes.

Similarly, in life, consistent effort and avoiding pitfalls can lead to better outcomes than sporadic moments of brilliance.