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There is no wrong way. There is only your way.
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– <a href="https://a.co/d/1tYIviM">Rick Rubin</a>
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The title is a parody of a quote by Rick Rubin, in his incredible book <a href="https://a.co/d/1tYIviM">The Creative Act: A Way of Being</a>.
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I have always been under the impression that there is a right way for anything.
It led to me to obsess over doing every thing the right way.
I copied others when they did something that worked for them.
More often than not, it failed. And I ended up self-criticizing: “It worked for them, I must have done it wrong.”
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Our definition of “the right way” is usually a mixture of cultural conventions, religion, and advertised lifestyles of our role models.
<a href="https://a.co/d/6jKDdxL">Outliers</a> by Malcolm Gladwell explains why mindlessly following our role models' footsteps will most probably not get us to where it got them.
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Culture and religion, on the other hand, are entirely circumstantial.
They change when you change your location and surroundings.
I noticed this first when I moved to a bigger city, and then again when I moved to another country.
The new environment and culture challenged my most fundamental beliefs, making me question the most basic things in my life.
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A strict culture develops a strong inner shame in its people.
They will be afraid of doing anything unconventional, unique, or original.
It turns its society into a legacy system and its people into miserable maintainers.
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The inevitable consequence of believing that there is “a right way” is that all other ways are wrong.
It kills creativity.
It kills authenticity.
It creates a fear of trying new things, of acting stupid, of experimenting, and of finding your own way.
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