Act as if you can't do "it" wrong

Act as if you can't do "it" wrong

Where "it" stands for whatever you've decided to do.

This is my new favourite piece of mindset advice. It comes courtesy of the impressively enthusiastic and endlessly inspiring Marie Forleo .

And it's kind of perfect.

I mean, if you consider that it's usually your fear of failure, not your actual failure, that gets in the way of doing great things. Then, deciding there's no such thing as failure quite neatly takes care of that.

You basically pre-accept whatever the outcome is. You decide, in advance, to chalk it up to experience and that gaining experience is all you're trying to do.

Which works because it's the only thing that's guaranteed to happen every time.

Obviously, this doesn't mean being reckless with your resources. It doesn't mean putting yourself or your family (or anyone) in harm's way.

But it does mean you can take emotional risks, confident you'll get the outcome you want (experience). Confident you won't do it wrong... because you can't, because there's no such thing.

Now that I think about it, it's kind of how I've approached this newsletter. I just hadn't noticed or had a neat little phrase to sum it up before.

And now I do. And so do you :)

Wrong-less,

James

P.S. If you enjoyed this, check out my daily email (also called One Creative Moment), where I publish short, personal, often irreverent posts for founders and business owners who want better results from their life and/or marketing.


Amit Phaujdar

Freelance Content Writer for B2B SaaS | Helping people bash creative block with evergreen stories on creativity

10 个月

There's a quote in the Bhagavad Gita: “You have the right to work, but for the work's sake only. You have no right to the fruits of work. Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working." Which is why I made the shift to consider my work as the reward James. Everything else is a bonus :)

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10 个月

A very stoic concept -- you can't control the exterior, but you can control how you react to it. Loved this!

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No point worrying about outcomes you can't control. The only thing to fear is fear itself (just came up with that now) ??

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