Hard things only remain hard to the extent that you avoid them and do easy things instead.

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“Hard” or “easy” is conditional on your skill level and most skills can be improved through training.

When you do hard things, those hard things become easier.

BUT it’s not just about attempting hard things, it’s about actually doing them successfully.

You can go to the gym, load 500lbs onto a barbell, try and fail to pick it up, and not gain any strength.

You can open a quantum mechanics textbook, fail to understand any of the math that’s going on, faceplant on a practice problem, and not gain any learning.

The trick is to do things that are challenging but that you can achieve given your current skill level.

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