Alex, that distinction rehabilitates the word beautifully. Trying isn’t a diluted version of doing when the destination itself remains uncertain; it is how we discover what doing should eventually look like. I especially like your connection to curiosity. Failure then becomes information rather than indictment—the previous attempt supplying knowledge the next attempt simply couldn’t have possessed earlier.
i like it! I like the idea that trying = playing. My son saya: "try out mode" or "all in mode" (obviously from a game world i am not familiar with), but the ideas behind match very well: you either play (and learn and maybe succeed) or you go all-in.... to succeed. and if you fail: let's add compassion and perseverence to the mix then :) "try again" or "learn and adapt" :)
“You must try until you know what to really try.”
Alex, that distinction rehabilitates the word beautifully. Trying isn’t a diluted version of doing when the destination itself remains uncertain; it is how we discover what doing should eventually look like. I especially like your connection to curiosity. Failure then becomes information rather than indictment—the previous attempt supplying knowledge the next attempt simply couldn’t have possessed earlier.
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i like it! I like the idea that trying = playing. My son saya: "try out mode" or "all in mode" (obviously from a game world i am not familiar with), but the ideas behind match very well: you either play (and learn and maybe succeed) or you go all-in.... to succeed. and if you fail: let's add compassion and perseverence to the mix then :) "try again" or "learn and adapt" :)
Yoda was right! I knew it!