Monthly Archives: February 2021

Doing things you’ll never do well

Posted on February 21, 2021 by stillalife

In a recent issue of “The New Yorker,” writer Margaret Talbot reviewed three related books* that argue for “the value of learning to do things you’ll never do well.” Not only is trying something new an “antidote to perfectionism,” but … Continue reading →

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Learning from mistakes

Posted on February 9, 2021 by stillalife

“I got a rejection letter from an editor at HarperCollins, who included a report from his professional reader… As I read the report, the world became very quiet and stopped rotating. What poisoned me was the fact that the report’s … Continue reading →

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