terrible. What happens if it’s terrible? If
it’s terrible I’ll look stupid. Then what?
People will make fun of me. Then what?
I’ll feel ashamed. Okay, so you’re not
writing your book in order to protect
yourself from feeling stupid and
ashamed.
Now flip it: How stupid and ashamed
will you feel if you don’t write your
book? Very. I know it’s a brilliant idea.
And it’s a big dream of mine. So will
your strategy of not writing it in order to
protect yourself from feeling stupid and
ashamed protect you from feeling stupid
and ashamed? No. And since you’re
risking feeling stupid and ashamed either
way, which version is worse—trying to