Pen Densham's most important lesson for any creative: not technique or timing, but the huge cost of inaction. "My errors of omission have cost me far more than my errors of commission," he explains. "The places where I cowarded out, because I was embarrassed or thought I would look too pushy—where I held myself back—those are the things I regret."
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