Are You Willing To Suck At Something New That You've Never Done Before?

Are you willing to suck at it for 20 hours to be able to get that skill?

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬?

Something I heard earlier this week, and I've been thinking about it a lot and it applies to a lot of different things, from business to personal life, to a new hobby, to a new skill.

Are you willing to suck at something new that you've never done before?

Be it getting in good shape, learning to golf, learning how to snowboard, learning how to lead a team, to prospect, to start a new business, to start a new sales skill set, or to learn about marketing.

Are you willing to suck at it for 20 hours to be able to get that skill?

75% of all the learning you need is going to be acquired in that first 20 hours, but it's going to suck. You're going to suck because you've never done it before.

Can you go into new skill sets with that expectation?

Take on new projects, new initiatives, and new hobbies, with the expectation that you have zero care what the next 20 hours will be like. Take those new skills, use them to learn, to grow, and to get your feet under. Have that foundation so you can inquire about this new thing, learn to do this new thing, and enjoy that new thing in your life. Use those new skills that will help you start building what you want to build.

It's a small mental shift. It's not, "Can't do that because I'm not good at it." It should be, "Oh, no. I'm willing to suck for 20 hours so I can get good at it and start enjoying that thing in my life.”

This has been resonating with me a lot this week and keeps applying to many different things as I move through my days.

Hope everyone's having a great start to 2022.

See you all soon!