Playing it safe gets treated like the mature choice. It isn't. It's just a smaller version of you hiding from the bigger one. But here's the truth nobody tells you: → Mistakes and enemies are the cost of actually doing something worth noticing → Shrinking yourself to avoid both means you never do anything worth remembering either Avoiding mistakes was never the goal. Staying big despite them is the price of admission.
Playing it safe gets treated like the mature choice. It isn't.
It's just a smaller version of you hiding from the bigger one.
But here's the truth nobody tells you:
→ Mistakes and enemies are the cost of actually doing something worth noticing
→ Shrinking yourself to avoid both means you never do anything worth remembering either
Avoiding mistakes was never the goal.
Staying big despite them is the price of admission.
Original source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/entrepreneurstories_playing-it-safe-gets-treated-like-the-mature-activity-7512900777456074752-xHJJ