That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
“Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.”
“I also won one from the emperor of Japan, with a prize for the arts. That's important.”