Develop Yourself #159 - Why Pessimists Fail at Coding: How New Coders Can Build Optimism, Practically
Pessimists are often right.
Optimists are often successful.
When you're doing something new like learning to code, you don't have any "proof" that you will be good at it. Your brain wants to find patterns to protect you from an uncertain future.
You scroll IG, YouTube or LinkedIn and are inundated with horror stories which affect your confidence. You begin to doubt that you can actually make it.
Before you adopt someone else's narrative. Create your own proof.
Let's go over 2 practical ways to cultivate optimism, one of the most important traits any new developer can have.
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