365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success


Day 132: On Being Willing to Be Bad



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365 Days With Self-Discipline 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success by Martin Meadows (z-lib.org).epub

Day 132: On Being Willing to Be Bad

To get good, it’s helpful to be willing, or even enthusiastic, about being

bad.

—Daniel Coyle

 

126

An expert is a person who has made all of the most common mistakes

in their field and learned from them. They embraced being bad so that they

could get good.

For example, in rock climbing I noticed that if I stick to routes that are

within my abilities or only slightly above them, I improve less quickly than

if I climb routes that are well beyond my current limits.

Sometimes I make a fool out of myself because I can’t even start the

route,  and  sometimes  I  surprise  myself  when  I  climb  50%,  or  sometimes

even 75% of the route before it defeats me.

The great benefit in climbing such difficult routes is that I make many

more  mistakes  than  when  I  climb  easier  routes.  This  is  good,  because  it

reveals my weaknesses and gives me more opportunities to learn.

If you only stick to routes with easy holds, you’ll never learn how to

properly  climb  when  the  holds  are  no  bigger  than  your  finger  tip.  If  you

only  climb  on  routes  with  easy  footholds,  you’ll  never  learn  the  proper

footwork that a route with sparse, slippery footholds requires .

It’s tempting to climb routes within your abilities because they make

you  feel  good  and  capable,  but  ultimately  it’s  nothing  but  instant

gratification. It’s the hard routes that will defeat you that teach you the most

in the long run, even if you hate climbing them at the very moment you are

doing so.

If  you  only  set  easy  challenges  for  yourself  (the  ones  that  will  never

make  you  look  bad  or  show  you  your  deficiencies),  you’ll  hamper  your

progress or even bring it to a halt.

Overcome  the  temptation  to  lower  your  bar.  Come  up  with  difficult

challenges  —  the  ones  that  make  you  doubt  you’ll  succeed  —  and  get  to




work.  Get  as  bad  as  you  can  now,  so  that  you  can  become  as  good  as

possible in the future.





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