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Yoda’s point puts it in black and why: there is doing, there is not doing—there is no trying. Great for a movie but that freezes people up. Especially if the stakes feel really high and currently unachievable. You either DO the big scary but awesome thing or DO NOT DO the big scary but awesome thing: there is no try.

Thing is, in the real world, you have to try. And fail. Try. And maybe fail again. Try again. And likely fail again. All those failures teach you a lesson. The worst that can happen with trying is a failing. Repeat that enough times and you learn the lesson. If failure is the worst, then anything else is a win.

Like learning to walk. You fall on your rear enough times and realize that is the absolute worst thing that can happen. You will not implode. You will not wipe out humanity. But, when you get it, you can run or jump or hide or skip or flip. Heck, you can stand and forget that the whole time you are physically correcting things so that you can keep standing.

You will not get there if you are not willing to try.

So try.

I think it is a good idea to stop and see where we’re at. Sort of chill, look at everything around, see what has been done and see what needs to be done better. Smarter. Differently.

It means that your hands are close enough to reach down deep and pull up and outwards and removing completely. This is uncomfortable because it is hard work. But it is also uncomfortable because the work done before was also hard work. It just does not feel right to pull up something where you have invested time. Or energy. Or money.

You can avoid some pain if:

Not any approach is right for every situation. Sometimes you have to uproot and sometimes you have to build towards the future. Most of the time, I think testing and building works but, sometimes, that’s just an excuse for an old model to stay old.