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34: Why You Should Be an Amateur | Deep Dive

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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The Importance of Un-Glorifying the Beginner Phase

I think most of us drop off in a craft in the beginning phase. Because it's daunting and it's hard. And you don't know how hard it's going to be until you start to actually do it. So we don't have that many good working examples of beginnings and amateur stages being interesting. We glorify the expertise of it. But we don't talk about Serena Williams 20 years ago where she was trying to get incrementally better at playing amazing tennis. That is what is sexy and exciting. The other thing is not sexy or exciting, but it's necessary to get there.

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