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You don’t need permission to do hard things, but the world thinks you need permission to do hard things, and it will tell you this, and so many people who are capable of doing hard things have no demonstrable success at it because they haven’t received permission yet.
(There exist elements of the set of hard things that one factually does need permission for, but they’re exceptions rather than the rule. Writing a book, for example, is a hard thing; you can do it alone in a room with about $5 of materials.)
Is this operationalizable? One way: if you explicitly filter on “has X done a hard thing”, consider providing an escape hatch for folks with ability but who life hasn’t arranged explicit permission for yet.
Also, more licit opportunities for showable hard things a good thing.
Also, more licit opportunities for showable hard things a good thing.
