LEARNING THINGS YOU THINK YOU CAN'T
“you don't know what you can do until you try for two years.”
The Lesson
People don't know what they're capable of until they try. Try things you think are too hard. You'll be terrible. That's expected. A year and a half into learning drums, still terrible, thought it was impossible to get stick speed. Then one YouTube video showed a different finger technique. Suddenly possible. The secret tip might come at month 18, not month 1. Sometimes you don't need tricks. You're just better than you thought. The only way to find out is to stick with it long enough to discover what you're actually capable of.
Real-World Example
A non-technical founder thinks 'I can't learn to code.' They try anyway. Month 1: terrible. Month 6: still bad. Month 14: find a tutorial that explains state differently. Click. Month 18: building features. They're not a great programmer. But they can read code, spot problems, and prototype. They didn't know they could do it until they tried for two years.
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