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paulgraham.com

One of the biggest things holding people back from doing great work is the fear of making something lame. And this fear is not an irrational one. Many great projects go through a stage early on where they don’t seem very impressive, even to their creators. You have to push through this stage to reach the great work that lies beyond. But many people don’t.

This part strikes me particularly:

One motivation that works particularly well for me is curiosity. I like to try new things just to see how they’ll turn out.