new beginnings
new beginnings require discipline, but discipline is not always meant to be rigorous or inflammatory. discipline can be gentle, at least to start, and for most that gentle path may be the one that leads them to success.
“Powerful combination = Hate being bad at stuff + Willing to look like a beginner.
People who hate being bad at stuff are driven to improve. However, if they are unwilling to look like a beginner from time to time, they will avoid new challenges and struggle to reinvent themselves.
Meanwhile, people who are willing to try new things, but lack a thirs... See more
People who hate being bad at stuff are driven to improve. However, if they are unwilling to look like a beginner from time to time, they will avoid new challenges and struggle to reinvent themselves.
Meanwhile, people who are willing to try new things, but lack a thirs... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: How to Divide Your to-Do List, and the Universal Nature of Writing - James Clear
what is so terrible about embarrassment? we’ve built it up to be this dragon of a thing, but in reality it’s purely subjective and only serves to prevent you from moving forward. allow yourself to flail
“the spirit of the fool.” He argued that when you start learning anything new it will make you “feel clumsy, that you’ll take literal or figurative pratfalls. There’s no way around it.”
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
starting anew sometimes feels like being a child which feels embarrassing, but embarrassment is just another obstacle in the way of growth. Be a mermaid gaining legs for the first time because eventually you’ll run.
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