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What types of mental roadblocks are you likely to face when reaching your full potential<\/a>? Why is it important to encounter these roadblocks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just because you learn more when you\u2019re having fun<\/a> doesn\u2019t mean that the path to your full potential will be a walk in the park. Adam Grant notes that <\/strong>the most effective learning<\/a> is fun, but it also has uncomfortable roadblocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s look at the three uncomfortable mental roadblocks you’re bound to cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mental Roadblocks to Overcome<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grant contends that the number one mental roadblock <\/strong>you’ll encounter when trying to reach your full potential<\/a> is the ability to stay focused on your goals when it\u2019s uncomfortable to do so<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em>If you focus on strengthening this ability, it\u2019ll pay off more than any other skills or expertise. This is because uncomfortable obstacles are inevitable on the path to any major goal. Without this skill, you\u2019ll give up as soon as you encounter these obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, starting a business is a difficult, uncomfortable process, but if you care about your goal of providing for yourself and your loved ones, you\u2019ll be able to push through this discomfort and eventually succeed. In contrast, if you don\u2019t know how to tolerate this discomfort, you might endlessly procrastinate instead of taking action to launch your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: In Can\u2019t Hurt Me<\/em><\/a>, David Goggins concurs that achieving your full potential requires pushing through a great deal of discomfort<\/a>. He elaborates that your tolerance for discomfort isn\u2019t domain-specific\u2014building the strength to overcome discomfort in one area of your life will make it easier for you to accomplish anything<\/em> in life. To raise your general tolerance for discomfort, Goggins recommends identifying a healthy habit that makes you the most<\/em> uncomfortable and sticking to it until the discomfort doesn\u2019t bother you anymore.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grant breaks down the practice of staying focused on your goals<\/a> into strategies for coping with the three distinct forms of discomfort on the path to mastery. Let\u2019s discuss these kinds of discomfort and explain how to overcome them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discomfort #1: Making Mistakes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first kind of discomfort you must overcome to stay focused on your goals is making painful mistakes<\/em>, argues Grant. Most learners do whatever they can to avoid awkward, uncomfortable failures when acquiring a new skill. However, doing so sets them up for inevitable failure. Why? To learn anything, you have to practice it before you\u2019re good at it.<\/strong> This is naturally uncomfortable and sometimes downright embarrassing, so most learners avoid this kind of practice. They prepare indefinitely or try to teach themselves solely through abstract theory, in hopes that they can become competent without trying and failing along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, Grant recommends taking the opposite approach. Put your skills into practice as soon as possible:<\/strong> The very first day you start learning how to do something, try your best to successfully do it. When you inevitably make mistakes, take each one as an opportunity to learn what you\u2019re doing wrong. Make it a habit to expand the most uncomfortable parts of your training\u2014the parts where you make the most mistakes\u2014rather than minimize or avoid them. For example, if you\u2019re learning how to draw and feel embarrassed because the faces and hands you draw always look bad, challenge yourself by drawing more<\/em> faces and hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the more mistakes you make and learn from, the more comfortable you\u2019ll become with making further mistakes. If you can connect your feelings of discomfort to the knowledge that you\u2019re making progress, you\u2019ll discover that the effort you\u2019re putting in is satisfying in itself<\/strong>, even if it continuously results in awkwardness and failure. This mindset is called learned industriousness<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discomfort #2: Acknowledging Your Flaws<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The second kind of discomfort you must overcome to stay focused on your goals is acknowledging your flaws<\/em>. Grant explains that many people suffer from perfectionism, which counterintuitively prevents them from doing their best work. When you aim to create flawless work, you exhaust yourself trying to fix unimportant problems that don\u2019t need to be fixed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perfectionism also causes you to emotionally punish yourself for your mistakes. This self-flagellation makes you more afraid of making mistakes, which in turn teaches you to avoid mistakes<\/a> rather than learn from them. As we\u2019ve discussed, trying to avoid mistakes is one of the most common ways people stunt their personal growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grant argues that perfection shouldn\u2019t be your ultimate goal. It\u2019s impossible to create perfect work, he says. Once you embrace this fact, you can direct your efforts strategically rather than putting maximum effort into everything. Focus on improving the aspects of your work that will have the greatest impact on its overall quality, and let go of everything else.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your work doesn\u2019t need to be perfect to be groundbreaking; it just needs to have some excellent qualities. For instance, when Apple first launched the iPhone in 2007, critics derided it for being far too expensive and locked onto AT&T\u2019s slow 2G network<\/a>. If Apple had obsessed over optimizing their supply chain to lower the price of the iPhone, or tried to build their own perfect cellular network, they might have wasted millions of dollars chasing these unnecessary and potentially impossible goals. Instead, the iPhone\u2019s user-friendly touchscreen, multitude of functions, and sleekly designed software were excellent enough for it to sell six million units in its first year<\/a> and revolutionize the smartphone industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discomfort #3: Proving Yourself Wrong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The third kind of discomfort you must overcome to stay focused on your goals is proving yourself wrong<\/em>. Grant contends that to reach your full potential, you have to actively seek out errors in your thinking and identify aspects of your work that you could do better.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do this, first take responsibility<\/a> for your own growth<\/strong>, advises Grant. Many people don\u2019t bother trying to learn how to improve\u2014when they want to do something, they wait for someone else to show them how to do it. If you want to tap into your potential<\/a>, this isn\u2019t good enough. Aim to educate yourself rather than passively accept whatever information you happen to encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To further discover how to improve at a task, become comfortable with humility<\/strong>, recommends Grant. Even when someone is actively trying to get better, they\u2019ll often make the mistake of reflexively denying or ignoring information that challenges their ego. Learning that you\u2019re totally wrong about something can be uncomfortable<\/a> and embarrassing, but it\u2019s a necessary step if you want to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Grant, the best way to prove yourself wrong is by getting advice<\/a> from experts who know more than you about what you\u2019re trying to do\u2014a strategy we\u2019ll discuss in the next section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What types of mental roadblocks are you likely to face when reaching your full potential? Why is it important to encounter these roadblocks? Just because you learn more when you\u2019re having fun doesn\u2019t mean that the path to your full potential will be a walk in the park. Adam Grant notes that the most effective learning is fun, but it also has uncomfortable roadblocks. 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