LTYM - I just lower my standards

Letters to a Young Manager

I just lower my standards, #114
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Please note that this letter is in-process; the following are my notes

Dear Sophie,

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Robert Bly's story, told to Bill Moyers at the Dodge Festival, about Bill Stafford's writing first thing every morning. What do you do when you aren't very good that day? I just lower my standards. This was such a liberating statement.[1]

This is related to my c-level work story.

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[1] Bill Moyers, "The Language of Life," Doubleday (1995), p. 63, https://www.amazon.com/Language-Life-Festival-Poets/dp/0385484100/

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Do it; don't worry about it!

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