for future reference

I need to think on it more, but there's a statement (well, more than one) in The Shadow Syllabus that struck me, and I want to think more about it and see what it means to me:

"Our flaws make us human; steer toward yours. I steer toward mine. That won’t always be rewarded in “the real world.”"

I spend so much time trying to run from (at least some of) my flaws that....I don't know. This might also be tied up with the fear of failure or fear of "looking stupid" that prevents me from taking more chances in life, like submitting a manuscript to a "long shot" journal.

I'll have to think on it more.