Outcome Obstruction
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The journey or the destination? An age old debate that is always a constant lesson in appreciating the moments we are in instead of longing for the result or outcome we are starving for. In today’s episode of What Is Humans? We reflect on the idea of outcome obstruction through an inspiring Japanese pottery company. The company requires apprentices to work for 20 years before becoming full time at the company. After making every pot for the first twenty years the masters will break their pots to keep apprentices from becoming too attached to any one creation. 

In many ways this ancient practice that still exists today is something that is very hard for most of us to learn in our own lives. The idea that we may be limiting ourselves by accepting the first attempts and unafraid to fail we just stop where we are. It is always better to work smarter and not harder, but the ability to commit to a higher standard and accept the mistakes and the journey along the way is the true goal for many of us. 

Striving to achieve something larger than ourselves will never be easy, but the ability to have fun and embrace the opportunity of mistake and failure is a far greater outcome than any other. In every facet of our life it is massively important to embrace the opportunity of failure and risk, because that is what most of our lives turn out to be. Never perfect, always learning.