Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
I'm always doing things I can't do. That's how I get to do them.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.
Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Whatever you're scared of doing, Do it.
Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
You never know what you can do until you try, and very few try unless they have to.
I love that because that's what I'm supposed to be doing - whether it's accepted b everybody or not. I'm supposed to be pushing that envelope and trying new things. And people are supposed to say, Hov, you might have went too far.
Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.
The greatest failure is the failure to try.
So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.
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