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““Let’s order too much of something just to see where our limits are. Let’s take a chance precisely because it might fail. Let’s take the hard way out. Let’s go to the moon. Fuck it; let’s go to the moon again. Let’s quit our jobs. Let’s work at being better at what we do by fucking up faster, not less. Let’s fuck up really fast. Let’s wrestle sharks, fight monsters, and disagree with the board. Let’s borrow so much money it becomes someone else’s problem. Let’s start a 10-hour drive by announcing “I’m not into you anymore.” Let’s dump everything out of the garage onto the sidewalk and build something really cool in that space. Let’s start out to build a better mousetrap, and halfway there let’s decide to jump on the mice’s team.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
A call to embrace radical experimentation, risk, and failure as catalysts for personal and societal breakthroughs.
In simple terms: Encourage bold, reckless innovation.
Failure fast, innovate harder.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- starting a startup
- pursuing a moonshot project
- leaving a stagnant job
- challenging corporate norms
Key Concepts
Practical Applications
- rapid prototyping
- culture of iterative learning
Questions to Reflect On
- What limits are you imposing on yourself?
- How could embracing failure reshape your goals?