Every stopwatch starts at zero, even for world champions. Nobody begins with time already on the board.
CREATIVITY
WHAT THIS MEANS
Everyone starts each attempt with nothing banked. Past success does not carry forward into the run you are about to make, which is harsh if you have already proved something and freeing if you have not proved anything yet. In the moment the clock starts, the gap between you and the best person there is narrower than the results sheet makes it look.
Take that literally for one thing this week. Whatever you did last time, good or bad, start this attempt clean. No record to protect, no deficit to make up. Just the run in front of you.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What are you willing to be a beginner at?
MORE IN PARADOX, METAPHOR & FOOD FOR THOUGHT
- An echo only gives back what you shouted. Check what you’re putting out before you complain about what comes back.
- Old clocks had to be wound by hand. Peace is like that. It runs down if nobody tends it.
- Beachcombers know the best finds show up after the tide goes out. Look around after the rush is over.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.