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[English]

(machine whirring)

- If you can't do it right, don't do it at all.

I hear this phrase and phrases like it thrown around a lot.

(wood thumping)

I understand the sentiment.

If you've been hired to paint somebody's house,

it's the common understanding

that you're gonna try to do the best job

that you possibly can.

To try to do a bad job would be ridiculous and unethical.

But doing the best you can is very different

than doing a good job.

Because if you suck at something

or you've never done it before, it's not going to be good,

and there's nothing you can do about it.

You know, this probably makes sense to you.

It probably makes a lotta sense to most people.

But everybody lives as if they don't believe it.

They don't think that it applies to them.

For instance, they won't go to the gym

because they're weak and they think

that everybody at the gym will be watching

how weak they are, how pathetic they are.

They feel like they're going to be judged for being weak

and never having gone to the gym.

Like they think they're supposed to already be jacked,

or they go to the gym to kinda prove to everybody

they're not that weak.

But it's like, bro, you're not strong, and that's okay.

You know, people won't do piano lessons as an adult

because some freak kid from their third grade class

was playing Rachmaninoff shortly after exiting the womb.

It's like we do anything we can to run from the fact

that we're probably gonna suck at most things,

and we don't want anyone to find out.

And honestly, it makes perfect sense

why we have a tendency to do this.

When we were kids, we'd get made fun of at school

for being bad at kickball or for running slow

or for having acne.

And sometimes we'd get made fun of

for being good at something,

but that thing happened to be nerdy,

like playing the trombone.

So whatever it is, we adapted to our environment.

We hid our talents and our weaknesses,

and we sort of just flew under the radar to blend in.

As a kid, we developed a mental framework

that guarded us from humiliation, discomfort,

and social scrutiny.

The problem is that this coping mechanism

made a lot of sense for that specific environment.

It served a function that was useful at the time.

But problems start to arise when we remain unconscious

to the fact that we made that mental framework so early.

Problems start to arise when we bring a mental framework

or a philosophy from one environment

into another environment,

even though it may not be applicable or helpful any longer.

So many of us still act and think like school children

when we haven't been in school in decades.

We remain terrified of social scrutiny,

and it prevents us from doing anything

that we aren't already good at,

which I mean, if we've been thinking this way since school,

we're probably not good at much.

We don't wanna be made fun of for not being good

or successful, but made of by who?

Where did these people go?

The people are gone, obviously,

but their judgment remains, bouncing around our head.

And if we are unconscious of it,

it'll feel like our own rational thought.

When we think of doing something that we want to do

or something that we wanna try out,

we'll find ourselves automatically coming up with a reason

or an excuse as to why we can't do it

or why we'll do it tomorrow,

or we'll look for the perfect timing to do something.

We find it very difficult to do things

that we aren't known for.

You know, we'll want to get into photography,

so we watch some YouTuber or 300 YouTubers trying

to find the best preset so that your photos don't suck.

It's like, I can't get into boxing.

That isn't me.

People will think that's weird.

They'll say, "What's gotten into you?"

But it's like, who is saying that?

We like to pretend that our rationality

is this pure, infallible logic instead of

the survival instincts of a little kid

who's trying not to get hurt.

So let this be a reminder to you.

You can just do things.

(machine whirring)

Doesn't have to be good.

If you know that something is good for you

or if it's a skill you want to develop

or there's no serious moral qualms with the thing

that you're about to do, then do it.

Most of the internal dialogue that would prevent you

from doing what you wanna do doesn't matter.

You can act anyways.

You can do things that are uncomfortable or unnatural

or something that you wouldn't normally do.

And if you've never done it before,

it's probably not gonna be good.

It was never going to be good.

And it never had to be.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
suck /sʌk/ A2	verb - to be very bad at something
weak /wiːk/ A1	adjective - lacking strength or power
judged /dʒʌdʒd/ A2	verb - to form an opinion about someone or something
uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌmftəbl/ B1	adjective - causing or feeling unease
scrutiny /ˈskruːtɪni/ B2	noun - careful and thorough examination
framework /ˈfreɪmˌwɜːrk/ B2	noun - a basic structure underlying a system or concept
humiliation /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/ B2	noun - the state of being publicly embarrassed
unethical /ʌnˈeθɪkəl/ B2	adjective - not morally correct
ridiculous /rɪˈdɪkjələs/ A2	adjective - deserving or inviting ridicule
talent /ˈtælənt/ A2	noun - natural ability or skill
adapted /əˈdæptɪd/ B1	verb - to adjust to new conditions
environment /ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt/ B1	noun - the surroundings or conditions in which a person lives
philosophy /fɪˈlɒsəfi/ B2	noun - a set of beliefs or principles
conscious /ˈkɒnʃəs/ B1	adjective - aware of one's surroundings or actions
applicable /ˈæplɪkəbl/ B2	adjective - relevant or suitable for a particular situation
rational /ˈræʃənəl/ B2	adjective - based on reason or logic
supplement /ˈsʌplɪmənt/ B1	noun - something added to complete or enhance
nutritional /njuːˈtrɪʃənəl/ B2	adjective - relating to nutrients or nutrition
frictionless /ˈfrɪkʃənlɪs/ C1	adjective - without difficulty or resistance
iterations /ˌɪtəˈreɪʃənz/ C1	noun - repetitions of a process to improve it