If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid
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Many a times I have stopped myself to attempt something new and sabotaged my own growth in fear of failure and getting called a loser. I wrote this to help anyone who feels the same.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Don't wish to be thought to know anything; and even if you appear to be somebody important to others, distrust yourself.
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Overcoming the barrier to learn
The major obstacle in learning anything new is not intellectual - it is emotional.
The fear of sounding stupid stops us. In reality, you can learn anything if you wish to with a little daily practise over a repeated period of time.
See the World for What It Is
... not for what you wish it could be.
Appear to human nature rather than railing against it. You can’t change other people’s behavior by appealing to their moral code. The opposite will happen.
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