I remember reading her newsletter back in the day. Trying to remember the name of it. Brain Pickings, was it? She was quite the eclectic reader.

There's great wisdom in the section you quoted -- the power of taking action and putting yourself out there. Here's a related thing I think about a lot: the value of telling the truth. I believe it goes hand in hand with what you're talking about here.

• If you stay silent, the world doesn't know how to deal with you, you're invisible, and so nothing will happen.
• If you say something or, better yet, do something, the world will react. But what will be the nature of its reaction, if you're parroting something somebody else said, or saying or doing what you think you're supposed to say or do?
• If you take action and tell the truth, as best you understand it, whatever comes back will be the universe responding to your authentic self. Maybe that's bad, if you're an asshole. Or maybe it's bad, if you're so far beyond everyone else that they can't deal with it (e.g., Galileo.) But more likely, people who are your secret tribe will rise up and enfold you.

That third one seems to be what happened to Popova. It's beautiful to see what's possible. Also related to a writing algorithm we were discussing.