202110212231 Differentiate between self-doubt and idea-doubt

All humans feel fear and doubt when creating. The process can look something like this

1. This is awesome
2. This is tricky
3. This is crap
4. I am crap
5. This might be ok
6. This is awesome

Original thinkers and those that are consistently creative can skip step 4. Instead of saying “I’m crap” we should be saying “the first few drafts are always crap”.¹

There are two things at play here.

1. We shouldn’t doubt ourselves, we should doubt our ideas. We should test, iterate, think, revise, and build the best thing without being attached to the original idea or taking setbacks personally.
2. 202112180923 Don't fear failing, fear failing to try
3. Instead of saying “I’m not good enough” say “this thing I’m working on isn’t as good as it could be” and then work on it until you can’t say that anymore.²