Warren Buffett, the investment guru of the ages, has said if you can’t explain it to a six-year-old in five minutes, you don’t really understand it.
In medicine there’s a saying: “See one, do one, teach one.” That might seem an exaggeration to many but it’s the bigger concept here.
If you know how and understand how to fish you have a tool so long as there’s some water somewhere with some fish and you can find it.
In short, it’s the difference between knowing something versus knowing the name of it.
Knowing it gives you many options. Knowing only the name only a few at best.
This is why we prefer periodic periods of what’s been called deliberate practice, a synonym for breaking seemingly complicated things or motor skills down into their various parts.
First step how many does the skill have? Next step how many if any of those parts are you good at? If the answer is none, great! Your options are open and plenty. Pick one, maybe the one you desire the most.
It could be the hardest or the easiest. But you have to pick. And when you do you just took control of you own destiny. If it’s the easiest and you grow with it, you will gain confidence. If the hardest any progress you make at all, you’re still winning.
Why quit now?