Do-what-you-already-do-well-or-try-new-things

Dowhatyoualreadydowellortrynewthings?Foravarietyreasons,somebodyliketodowhattheyalreadydowell,afraidtotrynewthings,itisbecauseofafearoffailure.AsfarasIamconcerned,IthinkI’malreadyprettygoodtryingnewthings,inthisway,Icangetconfidenceandself-esteem.Aboveall,itisunobjectionablethatthroughtryingnewthingshumancandevelopnewtheoryandinnovatemethod.Wecouldn’tthinkwhattheworldwillbeifthereisnobodytotrynewthingsinhistory.Forexample,AlbertEinstein,oneofthemostrecognizedandwell-knownscientistsofthelastcentury,saidtryingnewthingsisnecessaryforscience’sprogress.Thenatureofenergy,E=MC2,maybediscoveredseveraldecadeslater,ifEinsteinonlydidwhathealreadydidwell.Additionally,tryingnewthingsaddsourexperience.Forthepastyear,Itrytointroducemyselftomusic.Ihavebeenlearninghowtoplaytheviolin,andthisnewexperiencehasbeenextremelyrewarding.Initially,myinabilitytoplayeventhesimplestofnotesfrustratedme,andquiteoften,Ithoughtaboutgivingup.Yetwithmyteacher’sencouragement,Icontinuedtomakeprogress.Now,myappreciationformusicismuchmoreprofoundthaneverbefore.