
180 - The Science Behind Doing Hard Things with Human Performance Expert Steve Magness
The Verywell Mind Podcast
Real Toughness Is Accepting the Difficult Thing
I think sometimes admitting your limitations, or saying, i'm nervous about something, doesn't mean that you're weak. It just means, eh, thiss, this is what's going on right now. Sometimes it takes a lot more strength to say, i'm struggling over here, then to pretend like you have it altogether exactly your spot on. When people are bragging, like, hay, this is going to be easy,. Do you think they really think that, or are they just put in saying that out loud, but their brains really telling tem, i don't know if you can do this? Real toughness is acceptance of the difficult thing. It's accepting that you might fail
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