3-2-1: On feeling foolish, the importance of dreams, and respecting others

Polymath and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on dealing with critics:

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"Against criticism we can neither protect nor defend ourselves; we must act in despite of it, and gradually it resigns itself to this."

"One of the great mistakes in life is suffering for years because you didn't want to feel foolish for five minutes.

• You don't want to apologize, so you let a relationship deteriorate.


• You're scared of the sting of rejection, so you don't ask for what you want.


• You fear people will say your idea is dumb, so you never start the business.

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