no way but through
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no way but through
The fear of making mistakes is a particularly strong dampener on one’s learning. You can’t learn if you can’t make mistakes. I like the idea that mastery is simply a very intimate understanding of all the possible mistakes one could make.
Visakan Veerasamy • on scaffolding
The conversation around taste tends to focus on what it takes to develop it, but not what it takes to use it and unlock its potential, which is confidence .
Having and developing taste is one thing, but remaining connected to our taste is another. In order to take advantage of our taste, we have to be able to access its insights and guidance, which ... See more
Having and developing taste is one thing, but remaining connected to our taste is another. In order to take advantage of our taste, we have to be able to access its insights and guidance, which ... See more
Taste as a Function of Confidence
How to priority-stack ideas that are still vague? Right now, I am just apportioning a bit of time to pursue this, a bit of time to that, and making progress on none of them.
I feel like an anti-entrepreneur, in that it feels completely against my nature to come up with ideas that make money. It’s like I can conceive of every kind of idea except that kind.
The Imperfectionist: Be a disappointment
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“Disappointment feels close to the core of what it means to confront the truth about human limitation. After all, it’s because our time and attention are limited that we can’t please everyone. And the ceaseless sacrifice of alternative possibilities demanded by our finitude is nothing if not disappointing.
And so the more I’m willing to experience disappointment, and to risk disappointing others, the more I’m really here, feeling the full poignancy of my situation. Accepting the place of disappointment in life means falling back down to earth; and falling back down to earth is never going to be entirely pleasant. But it also puts you back in the only place where you can stand on solid ground, put one foot in front of the other, and actually get on with the things you care about the most.”
First you learn the rules, then you transcend them. People sometimes therefore conclude that learning the rules is a mistake. But the rules are not a distraction from the true art, they are a path that leads you to it.