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保罗·格雷厄姆《《早期工作》》· Early Work · 领导 · 人性 · 行动 · 健康
One of the biggest things holding people back from doing great work is the fear of making something lame. And this fear is not an irrational one. Many great projects go through a stage early on where they don't seem very impressive, even to their creators. You have to push through this stage to reach the great work that lies beyond. But many people don't. Most people don't even reach the stage of making something they're embarrassed by, let alone continue past it. They're too frightened even to start. Imagine if we could turn off the fear of making something lame. Imagine how much more we'd do. Is there any hope of turning it off? I think so. I think the habits at work here are not very deeply rooted. Making new things is itself a new thing for us as a species.
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定位：Essay, additional excerpt 1 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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阻碍人们做出伟大作品的最大因素之一，是害怕做出蹩脚的东西。这种恐惧并非毫无道理：许多伟大项目在早期阶段看起来并不起眼，甚至创作者自己都觉得拿不出手。你必须熬过这个阶段，才能抵达后面的伟大作品。但很多人熬不过去，大多数人甚至都没走到“做出让自己难为情的东西”那一步，更别说继续往前了。他们怕得连开始都不敢。想象一下，如果我们能关掉这种恐惧，我们会多做成多少事。我认为有希望关掉它，因为这种恐惧的根源并不深——创造新事物对人类这个物种来说本身就是件新事。
上下文
保罗·格雷厄姆在《早期作品》中探讨人们因害怕作品拙劣而不敢开始创作的现象。
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你最近因为怕做得不够好而迟迟没有开始的事情是什么？能不能先做一个“蹩脚版”？
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