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Ch. 15: Leaning Into The Nothingness—The Myth of Perfection
When you venture into something new, the urge to be perfect is overwhelming. The negative emotions that come with creating something different—fear, doubt, and insecurity—make you want to stall or over-polish your work. You don’t want to feel the pain of trying and failing, of putting something imperfect into the world.
So, you hesitate. You postpone starting or stop midway, caught up in the idea that what you’re creating isn’t good enough. You tell yourself it’s not ready yet, that you need to refine it more, make it flawless before anyone sees it. But here’s the truth: nobody cares if it’s…
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