Do You Stop Doing What’s Not Working?

Or Do You Continue Mastering Your Craft?

Where is the Fine Line?

“Stop doing what’s not working!” I saw one of the online “gurus” shared on FB. If you try something and it doesn’t produce the results you are after, don’t do it.

I instantly disagreed with that statement.

How do you master something? I immediately thought. When you try something for the first time, it never works.

How do you build resilience, when you stop after the first “no”?

How do you stretch and challenge yourself if everything comes easily to you?

What about the growth though difficulties? Wisdom from learned failure?

When I first started speaking in front of audiences, I was absolutely rubbish. There was no clarity in my message, no consistency and inner harmony that connects with people, challenges their thinking and offers a new perspective.

There was just blind passion, broken English and a rapid delivery ( because of nervousness).

Surely, one could say, “it wasn’t working.”

Despite the poor delivery and no tangible results ( like being hired as a speaker), I kept working on it. I kept experimenting with…