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Learning to like risking embarrassment is hard but it may be the most important one I wrote about in this thread.
If you don’t take risk, your development can get stuck in molasses so you don’t look bad when you fail.
Want to tell a story from my personal life as an example. https://twitter.com/laforeverhall/status/1208015824662843392
If you don’t take risk, your development can get stuck in molasses so you don’t look bad when you fail.
Want to tell a story from my personal life as an example. https://twitter.com/laforeverhall/status/1208015824662843392
See these boots? They’re Doc Martens. I bought them last October! And when I bought them, I couldn’t wear them.
Why? I didn’t know how to tie my shoes.
No one had ever taught me, and anytime I would try myself I couldn’t figure it out, even with video instructions.
Why? I didn’t know how to tie my shoes.
No one had ever taught me, and anytime I would try myself I couldn’t figure it out, even with video instructions.
But I wanted to wear my boots for my Halloween costume. So, I asked my friend to teach me how to tie my shoes.
If you haven’t been 29 and not know how to tie your shoes, I can tell you it’s humiliating.
It makes you feel like you’re stupid. Most people learn when they’re 5!
If you haven’t been 29 and not know how to tie your shoes, I can tell you it’s humiliating.
It makes you feel like you’re stupid. Most people learn when they’re 5!
But I didn’t learn when I was 5, because there was bigger stuff going on in my life then.
Knew I’d rather learn at 29 than 35, so I asked for help. My friend generously sat with me for 2 hours, until I had learned how.
The guidance helped. And now I know how to tie my shoes.
Knew I’d rather learn at 29 than 35, so I asked for help. My friend generously sat with me for 2 hours, until I had learned how.
The guidance helped. And now I know how to tie my shoes.
To learn, I had to embrace humiliation and lean into it.
Same is true in investing, when you want to learn a new style or expand your
of competence.
Sometimes you’ll eat dirt, or need to ask for help.
That’s okay, because in the end you’ll be a stronger person for doing so.
Same is true in investing, when you want to learn a new style or expand your
of competence.Sometimes you’ll eat dirt, or need to ask for help.
That’s okay, because in the end you’ll be a stronger person for doing so.
