Show up even when you’re the worst one there. That’s exactly who practice is for.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Being the least able person in the room is uncomfortable and is also the fastest place to improve. Practice exists for exactly this: a space where not being good yet is the expected condition rather than something to hide. Staying away until you are better is a plan with no mechanism inside it. You get better by being there badly for a while.

Go to the thing you have been avoiding because you would be behind: the session, the club, the open gym. Tell someone there you are new and ask what to work on first. Give it four visits before you decide anything about yourself.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which room do you avoid because you are the weakest there?

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