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Note: The link to the Nike video was introduced my me.
Have a wonderful day,
R.
WHERE'S THE IKEA MANUAL FOR...LIFE?
Life doesn't come with an instruction manual, and most of its components don't either. But who really enjoys reading them anyway?Even if we think we've accepted that sometimes we must press on without a roadmap, we still convince ourselves that maybe we'll get a guide instead. A mentor, someone who's walked our intended path before, and even if they haven't concretely charted it down, they can lead us to safety.
Sometimes we don't get that either. Whether we're starting an experimental book or launching a new business model or about to enter a tense and difficult conversation, we can easily end up without the blessing of any sort of direction. We don't have enough information to reason our way through comfortably, and our emotions are a mess of doubt and fear.
The apparent answer that I always get is both infuriatingly simple, and often repeated by people who want to sell us shoes: "Just do it."
A lot of the apprehension from trying something new comes from the fear of failure and ridicule - but when you attempt something no one else around has expertise in, it's difficult for them to persecute you for being wrong. Failure becomes just a valuable learning experience, not a crippling catastrophe.
And that's only if you're wrong. For all you know (because you don't know), you may enjoy a sudden flash of brilliance, like all human beings are prone to do in times of crisis. You may be right. You may write the next forever-quoted sentence, start the next revolution, say the magic passwords that bring a conflict to an
unexpected and peaceful resolution.
But how will you know if you don't just do it?
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