Believing is seeing
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We often wish we could do the things that someone else is able to do. The wishful thinking usually comes with a belief that we were born with a certain set of abilities and limitations. It would take a miracle for us to be better.
It’s a simple but torturous way of life. Some things are possible. Others are not. Simple. But painful.
The pain is caused by a deep desire to achieve something or improve in an area but never trying. We just inherently could never be like so and so.
This is sometimes called a fixed mindset. I’ve written about it a few times now because it’s so pervasive and also because adopting the opposite approach has impacted my own life in profound ways.
The other way of life is sometimes called a growth mindset. This is where we look at capable people and realize they are just like us, except they’ve made tons of mistakes while we weren’t watching.
Once you start cultivating a growth mindset, you begin to understand that even the people we admire so much are all still figuring it out.
They get nervous too. They get imposter syndrome too. They’re on the same road as us. The difference is they are further along. And they are actually moving.
So what to do? Believe it’s possible. Understand it will take time and effort. And start.
The pain is caused by a deep desire to achieve something or improve in an area but never trying. We just inherently could never be like so and so.
This is sometimes called a fixed mindset. I’ve written about it a few times now because it’s so pervasive and also because adopting the opposite approach has impacted my own life in profound ways.
The other way of life is sometimes called a growth mindset. This is where we look at capable people and realize they are just like us, except they’ve made tons of mistakes while we weren’t watching.
Once you start cultivating a growth mindset, you begin to understand that even the people we admire so much are all still figuring it out.
They get nervous too. They get imposter syndrome too. They’re on the same road as us. The difference is they are further along. And they are actually moving.
So what to do? Believe it’s possible. Understand it will take time and effort. And start.