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In yesterday’s piece, we heard from Canada’s sweetheart—Ryan Reynolds—pointing out that “You can’t be great at something unless you’re willing to be bad at it.” Which elicited a more-than-average number of positive responses. (Thanks, Ryan 😉 Among those responses was a very practical (and encouraging) observation. It comes from friend of the list and AI and Analytics Specialist, Dr. Genevieve Hayes (bolding mine): “Before you do something you know you’re going to suck at, you dread the initial sucking part. But once you get started, you get through it way faster than you fear.”
I don’t know about you, but that matches my lived experience in a big way. I can remember it applying to physical skills. (Learning a new sport, learning how to make a new dish, learning how to play a new instrument.). New experiences and situations. (Your first day at a new job is WAY harder than your second. Your first sales call as a business owner is terrifying compared to all the rest.) And even states of mind. (I’m a parent?! I’m single?! I’ve moved out?!) The path to mastery is long, but the leap to competence is not. So we need not fear that leap, |
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