The Motivation Loop

Courage isn't absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear. - Meg Cabot, The princess diaries.

Two is twice as good as one, but one is infinitely better than zero. One minute of making sales calls is infinitely better than zero minutes. One minute of meditation is infinitely better than zero minutes. One minute of writing is infinitely better than zero minutes. Sure, it might be ideal to spend an hour doing these things, but one minute gets you in the game. Now you're learning. Now you're improving. Now results are possible. One doesn't seem like much, but it's something real. At zero, you're still dreaming. - James Clear

Learning demands the willingness to live in a brief state of discomfort. You must believe that looking like a fool for an hour will not ruin your reputation for life. James Clear's today's newsletter.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. ​ - Rosa Parks

Probably exactly the thread that i was looking for

To learn, wander. To achieve, focus. also James Clear

"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in." – Isaac Asimov

“Every fact of science was once damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation was denounced as fraud and folly. The entire web of culture and ‘progress,’ everything on earth that is man-made and not given to us by nature, is the concrete manifestation of some man’s refusal to bow to Authority. We would own no more, know no more, and be no more than the first apelike hominids if it were not for the rebellious, the recalcitrant, and the intransigent. As Oscar Wilde truly said, ‘Disobedience was man’s Original Virtue.’” —Robert Anton Wilson.

We need to work with other people to get stuff done, but we also need to stay small enough so that we actually can.

People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will completely change everything. There is no single magic bullet. Progress is about bridging the gap between what we observe and what we can imagine — one careful step at a time. - Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures

A surefire way to make a bad situation worse is to continue replaying it in your mind. The damage is done. The only thing that matters now is making the best choice given your current position. Next play mentality.