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Wild Courage, seeing everything as an experiment and the path to success.
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Happy Thursday folks!
Here is my favorite passage of the week, two quotes and book of the week with two important lessons to ponder on:
Passage of the Week:
Neuroscientist and Author Anne-Laura Le Cunff on seeing everything as an experiment:

From Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laura Le Cunff
Two Quotes:
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”
Book of the Week with 2 Important Lessons:
The book of the week is Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It by Jenny Wood.

An empowering and practical guide to embracing our ambition and chasing after what we want. It powerfully illustrates that true success stems not only from talent or luck, but from courageously overcoming fear and embracing our true self.
In this book, Jenny will help you find the courage to walk the path to success before you’re successful. You will discover an arsenal of techniques to help you get ahead in your career, build stronger personal and professional relationships, promote your accomplishments with unshakable confidence, and more. The one thing that will help you stop worrying about what others think and start moving toward your dreams is courage. Wild quantities of courage.
Wood reclaims nine traits from their negative shackles and teaches you how to apply them in a savvy and sane way to supercharge your success, whether you’re trying to impress your new boss, snag a stretch promotion, or land a life-changing deal.
Here are two important lessons from the book:
1) Steal Your Blueprint:
When you experience envy because someone else can do something you can’t yet, don’t retreat. Revel in that discovery: you want that thing!
Study your rival with intense curiosity. Deconstruct their approach. Then experiment with aspects of their formula that might apply to you. Why stay demoralized by another person’s gold medal when you can melt it down and forge your own crown? It’s like matching your pace to a faster jogger for that extra oomph. If someone’s work ethic or skill impresses you, ideally, persuade them to serve as your mentor. Mentorship is always the first ask if you aspire to match someone’s example.
This isn’t about finding an overall role model but deconstructing someone’s approach to a specific, desired capability. Devote an entire notebook to studying the other person’s tactics when giving a sales pitch, leading a team meeting, or delivering constructive feedback. Your colleague may be a jerk, but he writes a heck of a succinct email. How? Whatever they do well, observe it, analyze it, and incorporate what you learn. What appears to be a natural attribute (charisma or persuasiveness for example) can be deconstructed and adapted.
Stealing your blueprint is the perfect jealousy cure. Instead of simmering in resentment, use envy as your engine. Replace envy with curiosity and learn from the competition.
2) Move, then Map:
Success at anything requires doing a lot of something: pitching, submitting, speaking, writing, etc. Mistakes are inevitable when you do something a lot, no matter how many precautions you take.
You will never feel ready, and that’s a good thing. If you feel 100 percent prepared for the task ahead, you’re headed down the path of boredom no matter where it leads. You might reach your goal, but it will be too easy to feel like a genuine victory. More likely, you’ll lose interest long before you get there. Every task should challenge you to some extent. That’s how you keep growing. Planning and preparation matter, but don’t use them to postpone uncertainty and fear. You don’t have to be the world’s expert to start.
Want to publish a novel? Before buying ten books on writing or quitting your job and joining an MFA program, sit down for ten minutes of writing right now. How does it feel? Uncomfortable, right? Good. Do it for ten minutes every day this week. It may not sound like it, but this is as reckless as it gets. You’re erring on the side of action, taking calculated risks in pursuit of your goal.
Move, then map. That magical feeling of knowing you’re ready will never come if you wait for it. Movement makes the magic. Action, not thinking, provides clarity.
Books I am currently reading:
How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend by Rachel Barr. A delight-filled, evidence-based guide to taking better care of our brain; so it, in turn, will take better care of us.
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain. Loving it so far!
READING TIP: Read What You’re Curious About
Curiosity is a powerful motivator for learning, as it encourages deeper engagement and retention. When we read about topics that sparks our interest, we are more likely to explore them thoroughly, connect ideas, check facts, taking notes, leading to a richer understanding.
It nurtures a habit of self-directed learning and ignite a lifelong love for reading. Curiosity driven reading often involves diverse sources and books (different perspectives) which enhances our critical thinking.
Thank you for reading and all your support.
I am excited to keep bringing you the new and old books, great insights, and lessons.
Until next week, stay curious and happy reading!
— Ravi Shah | @readswithravi