Tag: growth mindset
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Apps, like art, gain meaning from their audience. (So ship that beta now.)
I released the first beta of DoTheThing.app earlier this month. It felt incomplete and far too humble to show the world, but I did it anyway. It’s part of my training as a creator, something I learned way back in art school: never show your work for the first time when it’s already finished. Do…
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How I fight impostor syndrome by doing stuff I’m bad at
A theme has emerged for my mid-30s: I’m obsessed with doing stuff I’m bad at. Weird, right? I’ve been labeled gifted and talented for pretty much my whole life. Toward the end of high school, my mom advised me to go to college for something I was “good at.” And that made sense. It seems…