Leading Thoughts for November 13, 2025

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with:

Anne-Laura Le Cunff on life as an experiment:

“No matter how good your tool or deliberative your thought process, one thing never changes: There is no right choice. If you’re used to zero-sum thinking, that point of view may frustrate you. But it’s almost impossible to fail when you see everything as an experiment. In a life of experimentation, there is no wrong choice, either. A pact isn’t a destination. It’s a path you want to discover more about yourself and the world. Success and failure are fluid constructs, not fixed labels. If you simply keep going as is, it means you found an ideal groove—amazing! If you decide to stop, it means this direction didn’t feel good—now you know!

“The only failure is to confuse mindless movement with mindful momentum. As long as you keep on adapting, learning, and growing, you are winning.”

Source: Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World

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Nick Bare on consistency:

“Showing up and being consistently good creates results.

“Consistency compounds. Training for a marathon is hard. Building a business is hard. Being a great husband and father is hard. If you start with the expectation of succeeding right away, you are probably going to be disappointed. Consistency always wins. Show up day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, and keep putting in that hard work because it will compound over time. That compounding consistency only gets better and better and better.

“Consistency is the foundation to build everything else on.”

Source: Go One More: Find the Clarity to Make Intentional, Life-Changing Choices

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