# Stay the course

**Published by:** [erik](https://paragraph.com/@eriko/)
**Published on:** 2025-03-16
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@eriko/stay-the-course

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on a quest rn, talk laterInstead of rushing into clarity, learn to move through the unknown. Use your instincts, gut feeling, and sense for what sparks joy as the guide.Resist early validationIn our dAtA-dRivEn world, validation feels like progress. But new ideas rarely fit old metrics. Don’t force product-market fit before your idea has grown its own wings. The greatest products in history would’ve been killed by early feedback. Trust your instincts first.Dodge external pressureMid-journey, it’s easy to let external forces nudge you into producing, compromising, and proving things too soon. Distractions, à la the ‘next shiny object’ kind, can pull your focus before things even take root, dragging you toward immediate answers when you should be diving deeper into the unknown.Creating is iteratingUncertainty isn't just a phase in the beginning—it's a constant loop. Iteration compounds; simple moves start to {conn|inters}ect in ways you couldn’t predict. Every step forward is progress. Every dead-end, a teacher. Embrace the unknown. Breakthroughs always arrive unannounced <3What will feel so clear, obvious, and natural in the end to everyone else started off as a fuzzy mess only you could see.

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