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What does it mean?
Contradictory advice leads to inaction from the speaker.
In plain terms
Conflicting rules made me stop trying.
What can you take from it?
Confusion about success can lead to giving up.

Where it applies

  • reacting to mixed messages
  • avoiding failure

Putting it to work

  • critiquing education
  • self-deprecating humor

Questions to consider

  • How do you handle conflicting advice?
  • Do you expect perfection before trying?

Another view

The logic ignores the point of practice regardless of perfection.

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