Tip of the Week #311: Forget Perfection. Aim for Progress.

Ten years ago, on January 10, 2015, I sent out the first tip of the week. 

My tip of the week today is this. Just start.  Do not wait until everything is perfect.  Just start and make it up as you go along.  

Back when I started sending out a weekly email, I did not know what I was doing. 

Since then, I have made many mistakes.  But, I have learned from those mistakes. 

School teaches us to fear mistakes. (You might get a bad grade!) 

Life, on the other hand, rewards us for making mistakes… as long as we live through them. 

If you have a project you have been thinking about starting… just start.  Adjust course as you go.  You cannot edit what is not there. 

Forget perfection.  Aim for progress.  Learn along the way. 

By the way, here is that first tip from January 10, 2015: https://dwanethomas.com/listen-up/

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Or, if you want to skip Latin, and just jump right into learning English words from Latin and Greek roots, you may enjoy the series Word Up!  Warning.   Word Up! is a bit wacky.  You will learn a lot… but, you may find yourself rolling your eyes, too.

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