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What does it mean?
Discovery should precede active searching or planning.
In plain terms
Find what you need first then look for the rest.
What can you take from it?
Discover your goals before you pursue them.

Where it applies

  • research
  • career paths
  • problem solving

Putting it to work

  • experimentation
  • fieldwork
  • prototyping

Questions to consider

  • What do you already know?
  • How do you start without a plan?

Another view

Sometimes searching is the only way to find what is lost.

More from Jean Cocteau

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  2. Be helpful, even if it compromises you.

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  3. One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet.

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