> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cafebedouin.gitbook.io/potm/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cafebedouin.gitbook.io/potm/section-2-the-cost-and-architecture-of-formation/2-the-mullahs-fixed-cup/interlude-let-go-with-grace.md).

# Interlude: Let Go With Grace

> “Once you accept that as a fundamental boundary on your capacity as a manager, it’s going to set you free. Free from centering on the self-serving anguish over what *you* could have done differently, and on to the acceptance that these outcomes are inevitable when dealing with the opaque potential of strangers.
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> The redeeming realization is that this is a great, big world. The human pieces that don’t fit into your puzzle will complete someone else’s. And in fact, if you refuse to let go of a piece that doesn’t fit on your end, you’re keeping someone else from making theirs. Besides, nobody wants to be the piece that doesn’t fit.
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> So learn to let go with grace. You’re not here to save anyone. It’s an illusion of grandeur to believe that you can.”
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> *-David Heinemeier Hansson, “*[*I can’t save you, nobody can*](https://world.hey.com/dhh/i-can-t-save-you-nobody-can-2ddba79d)*.” world.hey.com. August 5, 2022*