The First Thing

After much reflection, The First Thing won’t be returning anytime soon. If you’re a writer, join me at insideoutnewsletter.substack.com for weekly writing advice. For more resources like The First Thing, try Brianna Wiest, Mel Robbins, Brené Brown, Adam Grant
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Done > good > perfect. Whatever you’re working on, at the very least, get it done. If you’ve got more in the tank, make it better. Try for perfect if…
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Having an idea is different to making it happen, and usually we are better at one or the other. You probably already know this about yourself: are you a…
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Perhaps life is simply a process of discovery by elimination. You must be willing to say yes to all of it and then, after, brave enough to say no to…
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The people who get places are the people who are willing to do the same things over, and over, and over again. Yes, there is a place for questioning…
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You contain multitudes: embrace them. Do not try to make yourself less than you are.
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Get in the habit imagining worst case scenarios. Not mindlessly—intentionally. Ask yourself, honestly, what the absolute possible worst outcome could…
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There is a time to add and a time to subtract. A time to multiply and a time to simplify. A time for everything and a time for nothing. The time comes…
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