The best leaders are those who listen to both their teams and their critics.
To understand is to know what causes what.
Separate the processes of creation from improving. You can’t write and edit, or sculpt and polish, or make and analyze at the same time. If you do, the editor stops the creator. While you invent, don’t select. While you sketch, don’t inspect. While you write the first draft, don’t reflect. At the start, the creator mind must be unleashed from judgement.
The challenges in our lives are there to strengthen our convictions. They are not there to run us over.