The message of this isn't anything new, but it can be near impossible to remember that this is a thing when trying to learn a new skill
[video=youtube;BY6bGhcnDDs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY6bGhcnDDs[/video]
Honestly, I think this video can be summed up in a single quote:
[quote=Steven Furtick]The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.[/quote]
I wrote an april fools article in highschool about this, it was basically why kids are boring today and parents are hoping they would at least get in trouble to be at all interesting. And the reason why is due to the highlight effect caused by social media kinda paralyzing kids into doing nothing. Like i thought it was a joke that was kinda true but as time goes on I see it affect my peers and myself
[QUOTE=oyotnas;51053821]I wrote an april fools article in highschool about this, it was basically why kids are boring today and parents are hoping they would at least get in trouble to be at all interesting. And the reason why is due to the highlight effect caused by social media kinda paralyzing kids into doing nothing. Like i thought it was a joke that was kinda true but as time goes on I see it affect my peers and myself[/QUOTE]
When I was a teenager I literally did nothing worthwhile because I was telling myself that nothing I did was good. The internal torture was self-perpetuating and I can confidently say that I wasted my childhood because I assumed that everyone who accomplished anything was a gifted maestro and possessed every good quality that I didn't have. When in reality, everything would have been okay if I just did [i]something[/i] and learned to be satisfied with what I did instead of hating that I wasn't better. Perfectionism is awful.
I detest every moment of being a perfectionist. It's simply that very moment when you focus too much on every detail and it starts to overshadow your judgment, it becomes a burden, it will very often turn you away from set path and it will cause you to never finish what's been started.
I keep trying to teach myself all the time that it's okay to be bad at something and be satisfied with small steps, over [I]I must make a masterpiece[/I] kind of thinking. It's pretty hard to be content with it.
I don't usually agree with the videos this channel makes but this one is very true, if a little over-explained.
It's quite apparent in the open-source software community - we have these programming "gods" who crop up in each major community, and I'd bet a lot of people get inspired by them but then get demotivated when they realise just how much work they have to put in.
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I find it motivational to have idols, however. Once you realise no one is an overnight success, and that someone will always be better than any given person, you can drop the ego and be happy with climbing your own ladder
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