Interesting! Googled it and saw this: According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. (Turned out to be a myth, but I like it anyway.) Thanks for sharing and taking the time to read this!
i've watched the same thing happen in myself, and in almost every solopreneur i talk to. the knowing becomes the gatekeeping. a strategy didn't work two years ago and it becomes a permanent fact rather than a data point from a different moment. what struck me most here is the framing around complacency: it doesn't announce itself, it just happens quietly. i had a period last year where things were stable and moving, and i stopped poking at anything because the numbers felt fine. i only noticed the drift months later. the antidote you name, curiosity directed at things you think you already know, is the part i want to sit with. what's the most useful thing you've tried when you notice you've stopped questioning an old assumption?
Thanks for taking the time to read this, Virginie! I think the most useful thing is asking questions, what if I’m wrong? What if it works now? And taking no as a timestamp, not a definite response. As well as reframing my business, which I wrote about here: https://www.melissakwan.com/p/reframing-your-business
Crazy story about the dinner!
And thank you for one more reminder about benefits of being naive!
There is an expression about how bumblebee flies against the rule of physics - they simply do not study physics so they fly
Interesting! Googled it and saw this: According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. (Turned out to be a myth, but I like it anyway.) Thanks for sharing and taking the time to read this!
i've watched the same thing happen in myself, and in almost every solopreneur i talk to. the knowing becomes the gatekeeping. a strategy didn't work two years ago and it becomes a permanent fact rather than a data point from a different moment. what struck me most here is the framing around complacency: it doesn't announce itself, it just happens quietly. i had a period last year where things were stable and moving, and i stopped poking at anything because the numbers felt fine. i only noticed the drift months later. the antidote you name, curiosity directed at things you think you already know, is the part i want to sit with. what's the most useful thing you've tried when you notice you've stopped questioning an old assumption?
Thanks for taking the time to read this, Virginie! I think the most useful thing is asking questions, what if I’m wrong? What if it works now? And taking no as a timestamp, not a definite response. As well as reframing my business, which I wrote about here: https://www.melissakwan.com/p/reframing-your-business
thanks for sharing, i'll check it out :)
Interesting perspective!
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Love this: Curiosity is where growth lies! ❤️
Really fantastic reminder about keeping an open mind even when you already think you know! Thanks for writing this ☺️
Thanks for being such an active reader, appreciate it!!