October 2019
Beginner
400 pages
7h 56m
English
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April 16Joy with Duty
Thy symbol be the mountain-bird, / Whose glistening quill I hold; / Thy home the ample air of hope, / And memory's sunset gold! // In thee, let joy with duty join, / And strength unite with love, / The eagle's pinions folding round / The warm heart of the dove!
John Greenleaf Whittier—“On Receiving an Eagle's Quill from Lake Superior,” The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Vol. II (1857)
Can you do things well and with beauty and love at the same time?
One of the things that trips up entrepreneurs from the start is that they take stock or learn through some brief endeavor what they are good at and what they are not good at.
The problem is, few people are good at anything they have not practiced—at times for years.
How do you know what you're not good at doing? Can your dream afford for you to make that assumption? Sometimes doing something you love means you have to find something you're no good at, that you think you hate. Often that's where your passion is hiding.
You've never done what you are about to do—no one has—that's what makes it yours.
Figure out what's beautiful about what you love and get good at it.
Challenge Question
- What's something you've tried and given up on?
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