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Your taste can guide you toward the best work you’re capable of producing at the moment, but it can also fuel a sense of disappointment in the final result.
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…there can be utility in immersing yourself in appreciation for fields that are different from your own.
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Understand your own field, to be sure, but also focus on what’s great about other domains. It’s here that you can find a more flexible source of inspiration…
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When you want to impress other people, or add to the conversations in a meaningful way, your mind slips into a higher gear than what’s easily accessible in solo introspection.
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If you want your mind on board with your plans to evolve your abilities, then investing in your tools is a good way to start.
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Greatness requires the ability to subsequently pull yourself out of your self-critical reverie before it’s too late.
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When our output is only one step among many on a collaborative path toward creative progress, the pressure to get everything just right is reduced.
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Focus on creating something good enough to catch the attention of those whose taste you care about, but relieve yourself of the need to forge a masterpiece.
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Progress is what matters. Not perfection.
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…betting on yourself in this manner – with nontrivial stakes for failure but attractive rewards for success – is a good general strategy for pushing the quality of your work to a new level.
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