Argue for your limitations and they're yours!
from Illusions by Richard Bach
I have always loved this quote. It has made me think twice before saying "I can't do" anything.
No one wants to lose any more than most people want to acknowledge what it actually takes to win. It is scarier to completely commit and fail than to go through sufficient motions to demonstrate socially acceptable valiant effort. Although widely misquoted, we know that Edison committed to making a working light bulb and viewed each unsuccessful attempt as a step in the right direction.
Sometimes the cost of success gets too high, but that looks a lot more like a choice than a valiant failed effort.
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