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Genuine question: What can a person do to get better at acting on something that they struggle with, when they acknowledge it to be valid/true?

• allendoerfer 12y ago
  I would say, you can struggle with such a task because of two different personal shortcomings: Missing skill or "psychological reasons". If it is just missing skill: Find the best way for you to practice and practice. Just retrying will get you somewhere. If it is not a missing professional skill, but a psychological reason, which blocks you, is different. I would say, you first need to realize the exact thing, which hinders you. After you identified that, find a way to circumvent it. This is more difficult, but everyone faces it, so there are many resources about. I personally think acknowledging that your brain is just a human machine, which acts in some situations in some way and can get triggered into different states is key. Most of the time it is not about willpower.
  • visakanv 12y ago
    Thank you so much for this. I have encountered this POV before, and it makes a lot of sense, though I have had some difficulty assimilating it fully. Oddly, I feel better hearing it from somebody else (more data points, maybe?). I really appreciate it.
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