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…the truth is we’re often afraid to go backward. We see slowing down as losing ground, backing up as giving up, and rerouting as veering off course.
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We worry that when we step back, we’ll loose our footing altogether. This means we may stay exactly where we are – steady but stuck. We need to embrace the discomfort of getting lost.
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…the curse of knowledge: the more you know, the harder it is for you to fathom what it’s like to not know.
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A great deal of expert knowledge is tacit – it’s implicit, not explicit.
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Sometimes we need to discover things no guide can provide and write our own directions.
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…languishing is more than the feeling of being stuck. It also keeps you stuck. Research shows that languishing disrupts your focus and dulls your motivation.
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Of all the factors that have been studied, the strongest known force in daily motivation is a sense of progress.
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You can’t always find motivation by staring harder at the thing that isn’t working. Sometimes you can build momentum by taking a detour to a new destination.
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Psychologists find that achieving a sense of progress doesn’t require huge gains. Fuel can come from small wins.
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What looks like a big breakthrough is usually the accumulation of small wins.
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