Had a long conversation with a friend who is a life coach about why I'm afraid to be my authentic self, to tell my manager how I'm really feeling about my job.
And then this popped into my inbox (under the header 8 Things You Should Never Give Up):
The courage and willingness to experiment with life.
To live a great life, you must lose your fear of being wrong. Remember that doing something and getting it wrong is at least ten times more productive than doing nothing. Even when things don’t work out, they do. Because in the end, experience is what you get when you didn’t get exactly what you wanted, and experience is often the most valuable thing you have to give.
So don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. Don’t let someone scare you out of failing forward. All of life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Either you will succeed or you will learn the next best step. Win-win.
Tomorrow is my mid-year review. I hope I have the courage to face my fears and learn to fail fast so I can move on with making my life happier and more fulfilling...and more me.
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