A cracked pale ceramic bowl filled with still water rests on a small stone shelf in soft light.

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Kobe Bryant

We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker says everyone has doubts about themselves. Denying those doubts and giving in to them are both rejected as answers. Embracing doubt offers a third response: allowing it to be part of life without handing it control over what we do.

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