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When You Succeed, Experiment Again
Learn to play the long game
Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone 15 years ago. It changed the smartphone industry. Apple has annually released a new iPhone since then. The iPhone is still evolving. Almost every great and successful brand changes over time.
Creativity and experimentation are crucial in almost all fields. In fact, they’re so important that entire departments have been set up in many companies to focus on exploring new ideas.
Life is also an evolutionary process; without deliberate intervention, we become versions of ourselves we don’t necessarily want. We are continually growing and learning, adapting to changes, and making discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
There are no perfect people or perfect circumstances, or perfect outcomes. Life is messy, surprising, rewarding, unfair, challenging, confusing, inconvenient, and so much more — all at once! That’s what makes it so wonderful.
Learn to play the long game
“I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.” — Orson Welles
Successful people spend countless hours practicing their craft, hoing their skills, learning new habits and developing new techniques. When you become successful, invest…
