The spark* blog
Thoughtful insights for socially responsible entrepreneurs who give a ****! Honest conversations about impact, wellbeing and creating sustainable change.
The rules of a game I was already winning
At 17 I was told two in a hundred of us would make it as artists. I’d been selling work since I was 14 and had no idea that was unusual. This is about what happens when someone hands you the rules of a game you were already winning - a year of strange drawings, 1,200 wishes on three cherry trees, a founder whose gut was right, and the design I didn’t bother to protect.
Why this makes me happy?
Why this makes me happy and the joy of simple solutions.
What really great mistakes have you made?
Today I’m writing about mistakes, doing a little reframing and encouraging you to embrace them and share them. We all make them!
Roosevelt is quoted as saying; “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who does nothing”. We can sit somewhere we hope is safe, make ourselves small, not get involved and hope things will quietly pass us by. Or we can choose to be brave and get out there and live life to the fullest. Which path do you want to take? Get out there, try stuff, dare to be vulnerable and along the way make some, in fact lots, of mistakes.