Issue - 2021, week 28
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2021, week 28
Hello!
This week, 2 highlights!
For the first highlight, a good old article from Tobias van Schneider about the dangerous thought: ‘’I could have done it too’‘.
In the second, we learn how to use other’s storytelling to unleash our own potential and embrace imperfection.
Have a good read and see you next week!
Statement of the week (9\10)
Quantity is the most predictable path to quality.See on Twitter
Highlights
Everyone who has ever come up with a simple solution knows that it's one of the hardest things to accomplish.
1. I could have done it too
I’m sure, it already happens to you. You stumble upon a piece of work, you stare a few sec at it and you think: ‘’I could have done it too’’. It’s a protective reflex, a kind of hack we use to feel reassured about our capacities or a way to console ourself for all the things we never had the courage to start and achieve. It’s easy to comment and overlook someone’s work until we realise what it takes to make it happen. As Tobias van Schneider sums it up: ‘’Execution is what counts’’ in the end. The next time you think you could have done something ask yourself one simple question: ‘’Why didn’t I do it?’’ and work on the reasons. Is it because I have a lack of skills, a lack of gut, a lack of focus, … ? But, maybe the best way to have the answer is to try and do it. See online
It’s easiest to convince people that you’re special if they don’t know you well enough to see all the ways you’re not.
2. Everything is sales
Everyone plays the image game at some extent, and that’s how it goes. The most important is to be aware of that reality so it doesn’t hold you back. From the people you follow from afar to your closest entourage, there is always a more or less significative part of narrative in the story you are being told. Don’t blame them or yourself. Take it as a motivation, an inspiration or a positive energy to make YOUR story really happen. Almost everything seems better from the outside but, don’t be fooled, flaws and tough times happen to all of us, so don’t be afraid to not being perfect or ‘’Social Media friendly’’. See online
Enjoy this issue and see you next week. Take care!