Nick Perry argues that smart people feel embarrassed by wasted potential, not failure itself. He notices a pattern in people who go from average to extraordinary: they act despite fear, fail repeatedly, then eventually break through. The key is accepting early failure and persisting until something clicks.
Stupid people are embarrassed to be seen trying and failing, while smart people are embarrassed by their wasted potential. See, I've watched people go from average to extraordinary in a matter of just months, and the same two patterns kept showing up every time. The first is that they do shit scared, they do it fucked up with no swag, and they all have a track record of failed missions leading up to the one that finally clicked. Like, literally every few weeks I meet someone new that makes a killing doing what they love, and that's why I say
