Year of doing the damn thing
Do you understand? I hadn't written anything good. It might be years before I would, if I ever did at all. That didn't matter. What counted was that I had, after years of running from it, actually sat down and done my work.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
The fear of failure, the fear of judgement, the fear of not being good enough. For years, the voice of fear in my head kept saying, ‘There’s no way this is going to work’, and ‘You’re not good enough to make this happen, so why bother trying?’ In the end, I didn’t create a video until 2017.
Ali Abdaal • Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
"Whether you are an adult or child, your first attempts will often seem unimportant or foolish.
Early attempts are easy to dismiss because they don't seem to amount to much. But you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the ... See more
- The open mic night at a nearly empty bar.
- The early blog posts that get ignored.
- The dance recital on a little stage.
Early attempts are easy to dismiss because they don't seem to amount to much. But you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the ... See more
3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
