012 When something has never been done before
I think there is a really well-suited response for the phrase you may have heard a considerable number of times in your lifetime (or may hear it again somewhere in the near future)
"But it's never been done before...", some say, bringing down all hopes of actually doing that thing.
To that I reply: "Yeah it isn't done before, but somebody's gotta do it, right? Anyone (of the vast number of people) who's ever done something for the first time didn't quit even before getting started just because 'it had never been done before' and hence the probability of doing so was 0. No, they didn't let that thought kill the idea of doing their thing. Neil Armstrong (first human on the moon), Barack Obama (first black president), and Marie Curie (first woman to win a Nobel Prize) among myriad others took the challenge of that something which never had been previously done before and set on the path to be the first's to do that. Why can't you do it then?"
Maybe that was a long response, but you get the point.
You can read more about this topic in an article I wrote here.
This week's Amazing Things & Ideas list!
Audiobook I've been listening to this week:
Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner's Guide to Life in the Space Age by Kellie Gerardi.
I perceived this book as an inspiration to all of humanity interested in space exploration. We need to send larger numbers of curious humans to space who are more diverse and different from just engineers. And this change is happening. Space is getting more diverse and more achievable than ever to the common human. Space is not reserved for research to be done by white-male engineers (please omit the generalization, but it's true) and it shouldn't be that way. The private sector is opening up space for us, non-engineers with an equally insatiable curiosity for space. This book highlights that and shares a wonderful story of the author (Kellie Gerardi) getting a chance to contribute in the space world with a non-engineer background as a space communicator. A great "listen" for all of humanity.
You can buy the book/audiobook here.An "amazing" quote by someone else:
"Effort only releases it's reward after a person refuses to quit." — Napoleon HillA Ted Talk I found helpful this week:
How to stop languishing and start finding flow by Adam Grant
You know that "meh" feeling you get from time to time. It's called languishing. In this talk, best-selling author Adam Grant suggests three ways to escape that feeling and start finding flow and be happy. Mastery. Mindfulness and Mattering. Watch the talk to learn more.
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