Learning from rejection

If you’re doing something creative, something important or something new, you’re certain to be rejected along the way. It’s a signal. It might be proof that you offered it to the wrong person, or that the right person saw something about your work that didn’t serve their needs. Without learning from this signal, we’re doomed

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The creep fades

The uncanny valley is the place where an image that’s almost human creeps us out: Sorry to share that. Human beings evolved to have a distaste for things that are almost, but not quite, the usual thing. It takes a while for someone who wasn’t raised with cilantro to like it–the same with hot sauce.

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