[jradd]

The most important advice that comes to mind is a bit proverbial, and from a board game so appropriately titled; "Go."

Lose your first 50 games of Go as FAST as possible! Don't worry about winning or losing or finding the "right" move, just put some stones down, get used to looking at the shapes that come up, and get a good feeling for how the rules work. Of course, a consequence of that attitude is that you will lose most of those games, but it doesn't matter. Once you have a bit of experience under your belt, then you are ready to begin

[pbhjpbhj]

Any idea where that advice comes from, I've given similar advice in the realms of learning to throw pots (on the potters wheel); would be nice to ground that advice in a source as ancient wisdom if it is indeed that.

[jradd]

I am sure there are many alternatives to the many proverbs of Go. Kensaku Segoe might be the source of many of them according to the wiki page for Go_Proverbs. Aside from that, I really like Thomas Edisons' quote on failure;

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas A. Edison

[aoeuaue]

Off-topic but I tried ceramics and found it to be the hardest thing I ever had to learn. Ceramics seems to be unique in that your creations literally get destroyed right in front of you with no way to go back. (I'm told ceramics people dream of VCS' in their sleep :)

[pbhjpbhj]

Version branching physical items would be great in many areas of life.