Comments on: How to Suck at Anything

By: Bob O'Reilly

Bob O'Reilly — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:07:29 +0000

WTF??

By: Farouk

Farouk — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:59:39 +0000

a person has to suck at things first in order to learn from his mistakes then be able to do them well, just as you said its all about starting

By: Is Perfectionism Limiting Your Creativity? | Creative Reaction

Is Perfectionism Limiting Your Creativity? | Creative Reaction — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:14:21 +0000

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By: Gianpaolo Pietri | The Optimalists

Gianpaolo Pietri | The Optimalists — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:08:16 +0000

This is something I have struggled with throughout my life. For a long time, if I knew that I wasn’t going to be the best at something, or at least look like I knew what I was doing, I simply wouldn’t do it … This reluctance to being embarrassed, and to fail at something kept me from doing a bunch of things I was extremely interested in. It kept me from allowing myself to be me, and to be truly free. As a result, I feel i have missed out, over the years … growing up … on many opportunities that would have led me in new directions … and to discover new things, form new relationships, etc. It is only recently that I have made great efforts to get over it, get out there, and do what I want … not what I feel i will be good at, and a result new opportunities seem to spring up from the most unlikely places.

I still have that innate sense to avoid embarrasment and failure, and I’m not sure it ever really goes away. Knowing that it is there, and why, gives me the power to conquer it.

Thanks for a great post. The concept of letting yourself suck should be taught at a very young age, to inspire people from their youth to go after the things they want, and make their dreams come true.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:43:47 +0000

If there’s one thing that’s stopped me from learning new stuff, it’s my ego. If I’m not having fun, it’s because I’m too worried about how I look to other people (especially those who are clearly more experienced than me).

I need to take this post and stick it to my wall. With that thought, I’m going to go suck at something. LOL

By: Fantasia Lillith

Fantasia Lillith — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:04:31 +0000

I loved this post – even if I come to it late. Last March I started my own blog. I have had an intense need and desire to write short erotic stories since I was a teenager. What has stopped me?/ so long in fact that I waited to be in my 30′s to do this? Fear … fear at sucking at it!

Once I had felt the fear and done it anyway … I discovered a large group of people that have helped me hone my craft and who knows – perhaps one day I’ll try to publish more than a blog.

Your post was short, fun and very very true.

By: How to Suck at Anything « Goddess Rhianna's Blog

How to Suck at Anything « Goddess Rhianna's Blog — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:14:34 +0000

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By: M

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:49:39 +0000

Amazing!

Number one reason I hate to golf: I’m horrible at it.
I’m horrible because I don’t practice, and I don’t practice because I’m horrible.
Maybe next summer, I’ll make a resolution to embrace the horrible-ness and stick it out.

Thanks!

By: Katie West/The Levity Coach

Katie West/The Levity Coach — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:30:20 +0000

Jonathan
As usual….Brilliance.
When I was in my early 20s I would have “Katie suck days” and I would declare that doe that day everything might very well suck and I was quite okay with it and did not feel the need to change it. It was liberating for me–

But what I felt was that it is okay for life to be messy. Perfection is not what life is about. It is about diving in, getting dirty, and living it. And well of course now, I just laugh when I feel like I suck. It is the best trick to free me from over thinking something. I just laugh where it seems too tense to laugh and I feel like things aren’t so precious.

And things do not seem to suck as much either.

be well!
Katie

By: Deliberately Dilettante | The Friendly Anarchist

Deliberately Dilettante | The Friendly Anarchist — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:14:59 +0000

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