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6 Times When You Must Trust Yourself

There are times when one is wise to ask for a second opinion. Then, there are these times, when no one knows the answer but you.
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When You're 87.5 Percent Sure You Might Blow It
How many of us have a seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time, thrift-store find in our garage? For example: the table we've been trying to get gutsy enough to refinish. We know what we want to do, but we're afraid. Afraid of varnish.

Why You Should Trust Yourself Now: You might well screw it up. You really might. But what do you have to lose? Unfinished creative projects are the teratomas of the soul. And what creative work ever got completed by saying, "I don't want to start because I'm afraid to mess up"?
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Published 04/03/2014
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