Cold Water

When you listen to people who are extremely successful in a given field, you'll hear them pointing to an intuitive understanding of these principles (their grounding) without even realizing it… ‘You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over’ (Richard Branson) ‘You miss 100% of the shots you don't take’ (Wayne G

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“Two truths that can be at odds:

1) There are no bonus points in life for doing it the hard way.

2) There is a lot to be gained in life by acting fast and giving your best effort.

Don’t let the excuse of searching for a better way prevent you from taking action.”

We’re made so uneasy by the experience of allowing reality to unfold at its own speed that when we’re faced with a problem, it feels better to race toward a resolution—any resolution, really, so long as we can tell ourselves we’re “dealing with” the situation, thereby maintaining the feeling of being in control. So we snap at our partners, rather t... See more