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“Doubting yourself can lead to a sense of hopelessness, of not being inherently fit to take on the task at hand. All or nothing thinking is a nonstarter.
However, doubting the quality of your work might, at times, help to improve it. You can doubt your way to excellence.”
― The Creative Act: A Way of Being
However, doubting the quality of your work might, at times, help to improve it. You can doubt your way to excellence.”
― The Creative Act: A Way of Being
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything,”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake.”
― Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“But never engage in detailed overexplanations of why something is important: one debases a principle by endlessly justifying it.”
― Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
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