We’re all afraid of failing. We dread critics, seek the praise of our peers, and crave spotless records. We think that to be happy, productive citizens, we have to avoid failure as much as possible.
Who can blame us? In school we were taught to be ashamed if the teacher marks a giant red “X” on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘writer’s block’
Exercises in Failure: Allow yourself to create crap
Imperfection is no big deal
One of the books I enjoyed recently is “How to Self-Destruct” by Jason Seiden (I reviewed it here). In a short section of the book, Seiden discusses his four-year-old daughter’s philosophy when she’s trying something for the first time:
“If I can’t do it,” she says, “it’s no big deal. I’ll just keep at it until [...]
