Do it!

But once we leave the world of institutions, permissioning shifts dramatically. Our life becomes a series of checkpoints demanding self-permission-ing—that is: allowing yourself to do the thing. Or: telling yourself that you are ready. If you keep waiting for permission from some external source long after anyone is responsible for giving it to... See more

Whenever you chicken out, you don't just feel the pain of cowardice; you miss out on the pleasure of courage.

You have to be willing to make things that don’t work. That’s not failure—that’s learning. Each attempt brings you closer to the thing that does work. And when it clicks, when you find that idea that only you could’ve made? That’s the magic.