There’s a wonderful quote I discovered the other day:

“We should have more confidence in our resilience than our ability to make predictions”
- Alain de Botton

I love that.

How many of you have wasted time sitting and trying to think your way into making the “right” decision? I have. I do it too often.

It doesn’t really work that well. Surprise surprise. And I think that happens because we’re afraid of making the wrong decision.

But I also found another quote recently:

“Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down”
- Ray Bradbury

Because I’ve been thinking about how people feel like they must first be 100% ready before they start a new endeavor, take on a new job, ask somebody out on a date, or whatnot.

But I can say with 100% confidence that all things I’ve ever done, I never knew exactly how I was going to do it. Whether it was moving to New York City for the first time, backpacking Europe, or starting my YouTube channel. I never knew how exactly I was going to do any of those things. I had to figure it out along the way.

I think this is very powerful. Perhaps we don’t give ourselves enough credit for our inherent resilience. There’s immense power in simply believing that we’re capable even if we are not fully capable at the moment.

So, have a little more faith in your resilience.

by Jason Lam