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Too Many Options Can Kill Your Momentum

“Options look like freedom, but too many scatter your energy and quietly stall your progress.”

By Gary Percival Oct 5, 2025
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You Can’t Sharpen a Blade While Juggling Knives

“While juggling looks impressive, it’s sharpening that makes your creative work powerful.”

By Gary Percival Oct 5, 2025
A jet airplane flying through a sky filled with paper airplanes, symbolising creative trials versus polished outcomes.

Stop Overthinking—Make Mistakes That Don’t Cost Much

"Overthinking isn’t caution—it’s fear of making expensive mistakes, and the solution is to make those mistakes cheap enough that you can keep moving."

By Gary Percival Sep 28, 2025

Don’t Quit When You’re Bored—That’s Where the Gold Is

"Quit when you’re bored, and you’ll only ever deliver the obvious—push through boredom, and you’ll uncover the gold others miss."

By Gary Percival Sep 21, 2025
Cracked concrete cube revealing a glowing blue network inside, symbolising hidden creative value within the present.

Stop Chasing What’s Missing. Maximise What’s Here

"While you’re chasing what’s missing, you’re often underusing the opportunities already in front of you."

By Gary Percival Sep 21, 2025
A surreal liquid chrome arrow distorted yet moving forward, symbolising speed, flexibility, and resilience.

Fast, Flexible, and Wrong—and Still Winning

“Being wrong isn’t wasted—it’s rehearsal for being right.”

By Gary Percival Sep 14, 2025
Shattered glass clock glowing with orange light, symbolising how past success can expire and lose relevance.

What Worked Yesterday Could Ruin You Tomorrow

“What worked yesterday may have built your foundation, but it’s what you do next that determines whether you keep growing or quietly fade into the background.”

By Gary Percival Sep 7, 2025

Gravity Once Made No Sense. Neither Did Germs.

“Wrong is often the first draft of right.”

By Gary Percival Sep 7, 2025
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Make Something. Learn Everything

“Reading keeps things theoretical. Making makes things personal.”

By Gary Percival Aug 31, 2025

You’re Closer Than You Think—If You’re Moving

"Progress often feels invisible at first, but if you keep moving, you’re closer to success than you think."

By Gary Percival Aug 24, 2025
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It Looks Like Intuition. It’s Just Repetition

"What looks like instinct from the outside is usually just repetition. Intuition isn’t born—it’s earned through the quiet work of showing up, again and again, until patterns emerge."

By Gary Percival Aug 24, 2025
Surreal modular building with antennas and satellite domes, symbolising a creative network listening for shared signals.

Serendipity Has Ears

"Serendipity doesn’t have a sixth sense — it has ears. It can only respond to what it hears."

By Gary Percival Aug 17, 2025

Your Ideal Role Might Have the Wrong Name

“Your ideal role might have the wrong name—and that label could be quietly keeping you out of the opportunities where you’d thrive.”

By Gary Percival Aug 10, 2025
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You Can’t Rewind—But You Can Redirect

“The past is only useful if it informs your future—it’s not a prison, it’s a path.”

By Gary Percival Aug 10, 2025
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The Work That Works—And Why We Stop Doing It

"Success doesn’t always require more effort—sometimes it’s about returning to what already worked and doing it again."

By Gary Percival Aug 3, 2025

Quick Clicks, Slow Regret

“You gave them your time before you gave yourself time.”

By Gary Percival Jul 27, 2025

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