I woke up thinking about my progress since the game launched. And of course I see a major difference and I think people I play against see it too, but then I just started feeling like I'm not where I want to be skill-wise. That I should be better. So, I sort of felt ashamed of where I was, that it just wasn't good enough.
I think it's that exact mindset that hinders progress and learning because essentially, we're forcing progress or forcing knowledge of something we don't even know yet. Instead of figuring out where we are, and working on what we have trouble with, we imagine where we could be without actually knowing how to get there. When you want to get through a path, you need to see it and you need to physically take that first step on that path. If you don't know where you are, you'll get lost. If you don't know what you need to work on, you'll never improve.
I'm telling this to everyone who feels discouraged of where they are right now skill-wise because I saw this way of thinking in me and my first thought was 'alright, you need to take this thought and delete the shit out of it.' We all need to train what we know we have trouble with - and trust me, everyone knows what they lack. And slowly but surely, if we're consistent, then that progress will come and it'll show.
I think it's that exact mindset that hinders progress and learning because essentially, we're forcing progress or forcing knowledge of something we don't even know yet. Instead of figuring out where we are, and working on what we have trouble with, we imagine where we could be without actually knowing how to get there. When you want to get through a path, you need to see it and you need to physically take that first step on that path. If you don't know where you are, you'll get lost. If you don't know what you need to work on, you'll never improve.
I'm telling this to everyone who feels discouraged of where they are right now skill-wise because I saw this way of thinking in me and my first thought was 'alright, you need to take this thought and delete the shit out of it.' We all need to train what we know we have trouble with - and trust me, everyone knows what they lack. And slowly but surely, if we're consistent, then that progress will come and it'll show.