Short monologue by Chad Silverstein advising listeners to accept initial failure when trying new things, persist through practice, and be patient while learning new skills (including adopting AI/tools). He emphasizes repetition, transparency about struggling, and creative practice to stand out as jobs and technologies change.
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One of the things that holds people back for sure is the fact that they're scared to try something brand new because they're going to suck at it. Most people do suck at things they do the first time. This is why when we're in Built Lead practice, you know, notoriously, if you stand up at Built Elite practice and you say something, you're most likely going to be asked to say it again, and sometimes three or four times, because your third or fourth time, you always knock it out of the park. Because the first time you think about something, it usually doesn't come out the way that you're thinking about it. It just comes out like a mess. And then you think about it and you say it again. Less words, more clear. And by the third time you're asked to say it, you. You just pop it out, and everybody's just like, that's it. And so just like that is everything that you try that's brand new. Whether it's learning something for the first time, whether it's, you know, trying out something that you've never done before in your company because you want to basically build a new, you know, capability because your company's growing, your team's growing, or something is not working so well. So you try something new. And the first time you try something, a lot of times it's a failure. And this is where most people quit. And learning and growing takes time. And I think having that level of patience and not being so down on yourself because you stink at it. Like, you know, most people stink the first time they try something brand new. That's why if you just keep at it, keep practicing, take on little productive actions to get better at it, take some time on your own to practice whatever it is you're trying to learn to do. You know, again, it's the road less traveled. And it's why, if you do that, you'll stand out. You'll stand out. You'll learn new things. You know, with everything happening over the next decade with technology and, you know, they say who knows how many millions of jobs will shift and change. It's going to require you to learn new skills. So when you jump into these new AI tools and when you have to learn new software, you know, it's gonna be painful, acutely painful, but you get through that moment of pain. And on the other side is a new skill, the other side is gonna be different results. And so just, like, realize it's normal. And don't go dark. Don't go dark. Expect it. Laugh at yourself. Be transparent about it and then keep working at it. Keep working at it, keep pounding away, and you'll get better at it. You just have to practice and find creative ways to learn how to do whatever it is you're trying to different, more, better from other people. There's just. There's lots of ways you have to be a little creative and not just expect things to happen overnight. I think today with the younger generation who expects things to happen literally overnight, it's just not the way it works when you're learning new skills and when you're trying things out for the first time. So just like speaking, same thing with acting and behaving and trying new things. Expect to fall on your face the first time and just keep at it.
