The Crumpled Paper
Nina’s teacher handed her back a crumpled drawing. “You threw this away,” the teacher said, “but I saw potential.” Nina looked at it again and saw what she had missed—a small but brilliant idea buried under self-doubt. She refined the sketch, turned it into a full illustration, and submitted it to a competition. She won. From then on, she never dismissed an idea too soon.
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Nina’s teacher handed her back a crumpled drawing. “You threw this away,” the teacher said, “but I saw potential.” Nina looked at it again and saw what she had missed—a small but brilliant idea buried under self-doubt. She refined the sketch, turned it into a full illustration, and submitted it to a competition. She won. From then on, she never dismissed an idea too soon.
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