Loving this timely post from @Westenberg today! Give it a read!
Think about the great innovators, the artists who changed the world, the people who built empires. Do you think they never looked foolish? Do you think they were never laughed at? Of course they were. But they persisted. They pushed through. They understood that the opinion of the crowd is fickle and ultimately meaningless in the face of true passion and determination.
These folks didn’t succeed because they avoided ridicule. They succeeded because they persisted in spite of it. They understood a fundamental truth: creativity, by its very nature, looks foolish at first. Anything truly new, truly groundbreaking, will initially be met with skepticism, derision, and yes, laughter.
It reminds me of my favourite XKCD post of all time:
