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Be Willing to Suck

Every expert to ever live was once a beginner. Their greatest advantage was the willingness to start from square one and refuse to give up.

James Michael Sama
4 min readNov 22, 2020

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Think of how many things we never accomplish because we aren’t willing to suck at first.

How many people have avoided joining a gym (pre-Covid) because they were embarrassed of looking foolish, or weak, or not knowing how to use the equipment?

How many happy future marriages never happened because someone couldn’t muster the courage to approach the person they were attracted to?

How many salaries were given to someone else because a candidate chose not to interview for their dream position?

The very thing that we avoid is the most important thing we need to dive into: Sucking at something.

How do we adopt this mindset?

First, stop being so focused on the outcome, and begin enjoying the journey. This is what life is really all about — the journey itself. There is no end outcome besides the obvious one all of us humans face, because life is constantly evolving and changing around us.

We are in the middle of a global pandemic that sprung out of nowhere less than a year ago, altering every human life on the…

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James Michael Sama

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