http://www.murverse.com/2009/12/26/isbw-137-stop-thinkinggail-carriger-interview/ All creative works from Mur Lafferty Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.murverse.com/2009/12/26/isbw-137-stop-thinkinggail-carriger-interview/#comment-1641 tvindy Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:56:00 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=1048#comment-1641 With regard to telling people that you are going to complete some challenging project, I wholeheartedly agree that this is a mistake. I've found it to always be the case that the more time a person spends discussing his big plans, the less likely it as that he will ever complete (or even begin) them. Years ago, I trained for and successfully completed a marathon, but I didn't tell anyone about it until just a few days beforehand (since I had to explain why I would be out of town). I don't think I could have succeeded if I had used up my energies talking about it. With regard to telling people that you are going to complete some challenging project, I wholeheartedly agree that this is a mistake. I’ve found it to always be the case that the more time a person spends discussing his big plans, the less likely it as that he will ever complete (or even begin) them. Years ago, I trained for and successfully completed a marathon, but I didn’t tell anyone about it until just a few days beforehand (since I had to explain why I would be out of town). I don’t think I could have succeeded if I had used up my energies talking about it.

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