unmasking fear & failure

“Your aesthetics get better as you make mistakes.”

It can be difficult to appreciate how much simply avoiding the standard ways of failing dramatically increases the odds of success.

"When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life."

Don’t fear failure. Fear average.

My fear is singular.

We will continue to satiate a lesser version of ourselves, rather than strive for who we can become.

Fear is self-focused. Day to day, our fear is about us. What will happen if we give that speech, launch that project, get stuck in traffic, are eaten by an alligator...

And generosity is about others. “How can I help?”

Jumping in the water to save a struggling swimmer stops us from worrying about how we look in our suit or whether the water is cold. ... See more