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Feeling Uncertain Doesn't Make You Weak, Weird, or Unqualified
It’s hard to see which parts of your experience and opinions are distinctive and resonate without sharing them. In my experience, it’s rarely the big grand vision that people are attracted to but rather something more mundane and grounded - something that has a clarity and weight about it that is distinctive.
tomcritchlow.com • Rejecting Specialization
As a result, I developed a capacity to make decisions not as a reaction to certain emotions, trying to make them go away, but instead to make decisions together with my emotions, understanding that they would always be with me on my journey. I found such power in this reframe. If fear is always a companion, it is futile to push it away. If uncertai
... See morePaul Millerd • Good Work : Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition
Fear of the unknown can cause inertia, keeping us from exploring new chances. Conquering fear and uncertainty requires turning amorphous concerns into concrete scenarios we can game out so we can address them. You can take back the power your fears have to prevent you from taking risks by facing those fears head-on and challenging yourself to consi
... See moreValerie Capers Workman • Quantum Progression: The Art & Science of Career Advancement in the Age of A.I.
Author and entrepreneur Eliot Peper on taking risks:
"If you know something's going to work, it's not worth working on. It requires no courage. It requires no faith. It requires no skin in the game. Whether you're a spy or a teacher or a spouse or a painter or an abuela or an astronaut or a monk or a barista or a board-game designer, the bits that m
... See moreAfter a couple of years (!) of complaining and bitching and shooting down ideas, I finally reached a powerful, yet obvious realization: There was no perfect plan. No perfect path existed. No matter what there was going to be uncertainty. There were going to be risks. Mistakes were going to be made. I was going to be uncomfortable. I was going to lo
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