Uncertainty, from Vince Fulco
If you take away uncertainty, you take away motivation. Wanting to exceed your grasp is the nature of the human condition. There's no magic to getting where we already know we can get. -source
There is a fantastic National Geographic piece on famous failures. Pair it with "Fail Safe", Debbie Millman's necessary meditation on courage and creative life.
Uncertainty is also integral to creativity, is the key to good science and good art, and may even be the key to happiness.
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