Do not remain nameless to yourself
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Do not remain nameless to yourself
The brilliant physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Richard Feynman, on dealing with the expectations of others:
“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish.
I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.”
“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish.
I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Failure, the Importance of Teaching, and Handling the Expectations of Others | James Clear
As soon as any real, definite idea is substituted, it becomes almost immediately apparent that it doesn't work.
Richard Feynman • "Seeking New Laws"
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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The inexperienced and crackpots and people like that will make guesses that are simple, all right, but you can immediately see that they're wrong. That doesn't count. And others, the inexperienced students, make guesses that are very complicated. And it sort of looks like it's all right. But I know that's not true, because the truth always turns ou... See more