Taking shots at life is like taking sh*ts in life

We think creativity is a spark.
We think luck is a gift.
But most often, both arrive through a mess of repetitions that don’t work—until one suddenly does.

That’s why taking more shots in life—like taking shits—is underrated.
And both, when done regularly, clear the system and make space for something new.

But most people avoid risk. Starting something new. Trying again. Making another attempt even when the last fifty led nowhere. It’s uncomfortable, tiring, sometimes feels ridiculous, sometimes awkward, and occasionally painful - kind of like taking a shit. But that’s exactly why you should because even when nothing remarkable happens, you still feel lighter. Better. Clearer. And every now and then, something big breaks through.

James Dyson, the billionaire inventor, built 5,126 prototypes of his vacuum cleaner before he got one that finally worked. That means he failed 5,125 times. But those weren’t failures. They were iterations. They were necessary excretions of bad ideas to uncover the good one.

That’s the pattern.

Hard work alone doesn’t cut it anymore.

Effort is expected. Iteration is underrated.

Iterations spark creativity.
Creativity attracts breakthroughs.
Breakthroughs look like luck.

But none of it happens unless you’re moving.

Want to get lucky? Take more shots.
Want to get unstuck? Take the next one.
Want to feel good again? Stop holding it in.

If you sit on your ideas and wait for perfection, all you build is creative constipation. If you ship, test, talk, launch—again and again—you eventually stumble into magic.

That’s the hack.
Take more shots.
Flush the system.

Something great is waiting on the other side.

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