Ep. 83: Fear of the First Step
BJJ Mental Models
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I Don't Want to Fail, I Just Want to Try Something New
A lot of people, when they go into something competition, where they basically create excuses for themselves even before the competition. It's a defensive mechanism that i think people deploy so that when they do lose, they can kind of make it look like that was the plan all along. But yes, if you're going to go into something, trying to talk yourself out of success is a weird habit. I have no interest in doing competitive video gaming as a full time hobby. There are competitive gamers out there who make millions of dollars doing competitive video games as a full-time hobby. So it makes sense if you're honest with yourself about, this is what i want out of this
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