The smartest, most interesting, most dynamic, most impactful people … lived
to figure it out. At some point in their lives, they realized that
carefully crafted plans … often don’t hold up… Sometimes, the only way
to discover who you are or what life you should lead is to do less planning and more living — to burst the double bubble of comfort and convention and just do stuff, even if you don’t know precisely where it’s going to lead, because you don’t know precisely where it’s going to lead.
This might sound risky — and you know what? It is. It’s really risky. But the greater risk is to choose false certainty over genuine ambiguity. The greater risk is to fear failure more than mediocrity. The greater risk is to pursue a path only because it’s the first path you decided to pursue.
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/06/25/daniel-pink-northwestern-commencement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brainpickings%2Frss+%28Brain+Pickings%29
This might sound risky — and you know what? It is. It’s really risky. But the greater risk is to choose false certainty over genuine ambiguity. The greater risk is to fear failure more than mediocrity. The greater risk is to pursue a path only because it’s the first path you decided to pursue.
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/06/25/daniel-pink-northwestern-commencement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brainpickings%2Frss+%28Brain+Pickings%29
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