Quotes About Progress

Every pro starts off as an amateur. There's not one top artist, athlete, writer, scientist, architect, entrepreneur, programmer, musician, or potter who enters the field at the top of her game. To begin anything new or learn anything new means you will be a neophyte. You must go from outsider to insider. Respect that. Embrace it. Be willing to suck.

insight without action is worthless. Taking action is the only path to change.

As David Deutsch says, "Everything that is not forbidden by laws of nature is achievable, given the right knowledge".

Remember—humans once believed the world was flat, that margarine was better than butter, and that an ice-pick lobotomy cured mental illness. Aren't you glad those days are over?

No matter what you want to figure out, one thing is for sure: writing it down is a fundamental step to making it real.

A key to success is to start before you are ready.

You can scare yourself into stuckness by assuming you have to make radical life changes in order to make progress. You don't. Real change is practically invisible as it's happening. No trumpets sound. A marching band will not play at your door. Meaningful progress doesn't feel particularly exciting. Most days, it feels like work. You show up, grind it out (sometimes joyfully, sometimes not), and repeat.

Instead of saying, What's the point? ask yourself, What's the next right move?

you'll never grow beyond your current circumstances if you're closed off to everything except what you currently know.

End of year #motivationmonday: Your past does NOT equal your potential.

This isn't always possible, but train yourself to move toward discomfort. Put yourself in situations that feel scary and intimidating—that's where the figureoutable magic is!

When you're stuck in a paralyzing thought loop of indecision, stop thinking and start doing. Make a move, no matter how tiny.

Fear is not the enemy. Waiting to stop feeling afraid is.

Avoidance doesn't extinguish your fear, action does.

Starting small and sucky beats staying stucky.

The unexpected is the plight of innovation.

the bridge appears when you walk across it—that

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los conflictos son útiles porque aportan fluidez a un mundo demasiado estático.

The fourth function is always life's great problem:

We must refocus our collective memory. The necessity for this has never been greater as we discover that the path of 'progress' is extinguishing the very conditions for life on earth.

Blame keeps us stuck in the past. Responsibility paves the path for a better future.

Great results begin with great questions.

Change begins with the person who wants the change.