
i'm probably wrong (and that's okay maybe good even???)

The simple rule is that you should allow yourself to think and act “badly,” “wrongly,” and “poorly,” particularly if lowering the bar gives you permission to think and act more fluently and reliably than you otherwise might. There’s nothing wrong with being wrong if wrongness reliably predicts the arrival of rightness.
Adam Alter • Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
Once you can embrace the educational value that comes with being wrong, you will find it easier to think, “But I might be wrong this time,” in any given situation. There will be occasions in which you want to dial down your ego to avoid looking like a jerk. For example, sometimes you might need to pretend in front of others that you have some
... See moreScott Adams • Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
Here is a classic pattern: you try really hard to do something GOOD, then you fail, or you make something silly. And it is the failures that people love, or the thing that was just a silly thing. So try to set yourself up to failure, to not doing the thing that is right, but the thing that just sort of happens when you are not trying.
Henrik Karlsson • Henrik Karlsson on Substack
I am willing to not know, look stupid, make an ass of myself, get it wrong, be awkward, be uncomfortable.
I am willing to do all that so I CAN BE FREE.
I am willing to do all that so I CAN BE FREE.