Say you want to do something new - start a new project, change jobs, meet new people, learn a new skill - have you ever found yourself stuck in wishful thinking but seemingly unable to take the first step forward? Have you ever rationalized that inaction with, oh well, it wasn't meant to happen... or have you ever talked yourself out of doing something you really want because of negative self-talk like, oh, I probably wouldn't be any good at it anyway, or oh, it was really a stupid idea in the first place.
If that's your experience, you're stuck in the concept of success (and by implication failure). What if I fail? What if I succeed? Either way something is going to change, which is frightening.
What if you drop the whole idea of success or failure? What if you just try new things for the pleasure of seeing what happens? If seeing what happens is your goal, there is no possibility of failure. There is only more learning. And that's a wonderful thing.
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain
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