Idk if it& #39;s an artifact of age since I& #39;ve been this way since 4th grade. But it& #39;s a simple fact that it will be extremely difficult to do anything new and interesting if you are overly concerned with people perceiving you negatively. https://twitter.com/jmj/status/1305573438346543104">https://twitter.com/jmj/statu...

Some people have a disposition that is reactively against anything that doesn& #39;t have a clear precedent. Some have a disposition reactively against anything done by someone with your background. People will be mad at anyone doing anything. It& #39;s often the doing, not the thing.

The mere existence of criticism should never stop you from doing what& #39;s right. It& #39;s the quality of the critique that matters. Most critique is valueless.

You can& #39;t develop muscle to asses the quality of critique w/o hearing it, and you won& #39;t hear it if you never try anything.

Developing muscle for the new and interesting is undervalued. I see a lot of professionals quietly working w/in systems so that one day they can change things, but it won& #39;t work because you can& #39;t spend an entire career being a non change agent then suddenly turn on the switch.

You can& #39;t spend an entire career making risk-averse, non-brave decisions and then one day expect to all of a sudden know how to be brave and risk loving. Stop fooling yourself. You must develop the muscle.

You develop the muscle by being a bit more brave everyday. Just 0.01 percent. It will add up. Make that potentially risky proposal. Send that tweet. Write that cold email.. then let compounding do its work. Ok?