See this as a sign of courage. Making an idiot of yourself is an acceptance that you might fail in the short-term.

And those who fail in the short-term will eventually win in the long-term with practice.

• Keep heading towards your goal no matter the obstacles and rejections.
• Persistence kicks in when that initial high of doing something new wears off. People fail because they don’t stick with the process after the good feeling fades, and through the hard times.
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