Dave Martin | Sports + stupidity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(translation): There is no ‘Can’ or ‘Can’t’, just ‘Do’ or ‘Don’t’. If you ever think to yourself ‘I can’t do it’, try this as the next thought in your brain region: ‘Bullshit. Why not?’ If it’s been done before by anyone who is also a human person like you, it can be done by you too. Achievement’s a question of attitude, not…
If you can’t have your cake and eat it too, instead of despairing and thinking ‘Fuck…If only [1 of the things you love here] wasn’t here/wasn’t happening/didn’t exist.’, is it possible to think ‘Excellent. A chance to see how tough I am.’? This is something I may be facing soon. It might still be hard, but it’ll definitely make you…
There’s no degrees of contentment –you either have it or you don’t. But what if there was also no degree of ‘difficult’. Things can always get more difficult. If you’re worried about how you’re going to do something hard, or are faced with a tough challenge, imagine it was even harder, with even more obstacles. Need to apply for a job…
This guy probably got told ‘You won’t be able to do it’ or heard people say ‘No way. It’s impossible’: Pretty much anything is possible. Well, if you jump off the top of your roof shouting “I CAN FLY I CAN FLY’, that’s one of the things that isn’t, but for most other things (especially anything you only need your brain…
If you find yourself thinking, ‘This is really hard…’ it’s a sign that you’re probably on the right track. Any progress, any learning, growth, improvement or mastery comes not as a result of comfort and ease, but difficulty, challenge and even (and sometimes especially) hardship. As long as you know how you want to do something (or you have guidance from a…
If someone responds to the question, ‘Why do you want to do that?’ with: ‘To challenge myself’, what does that actually mean? One of my mentors a student to task over exactly that and then followed up asking her, ‘Is the point of challenging yourself just to challenge yourself?’ The power of the right question is far greater than a thousand answers. …
There’s no such thing as a fatal mistake. Any thing you’ve fucked up is just a lesson and a chance to do it better next time. And if the ‘mistake’ you made actually leads to something rough or incredibly challenging or a massive life trial, it’s an opportunity to work with the cards you’ve been dealt and prove to yourself…
Yesterday I wrote that this is the difference between you and anyone else who set out to do anything tough, challenging, gruelling or seemingly impossible. But you know what, F that noise. If you want to learn, do or achieve something difficult, you don’t need most of that stuff in the picture anyway. There’s one thing that matters –the thing…
This is you: And this is anyone who ever set out to do something tough or challenging (and actually did it): Notice the difference? Exactly. Do it.
If you’ve ever had to do something hard, what doesn’t matter is how long it’ll take to learn or how hard it is. What does though is asking yourself if you really want to, if it’s worth it and Why. If you do, and you’ve examined and figured out why you want to and if it’s worth it, you can. If…