I’m Inspired to Share Seth’s Blog Today

Learning something new is a trip and I love learning new things. It’s a commitment to a goal and to ourselves simultaneously because learning something new can often change us and enhance our lives. And I don’t mean just the skill, I’m also talking about the skill required to learn the skill. That’s a thing.

It becomes a bolstering, a strengthening, an enforcing, a ninja training of sorts. I feel these questions that Seth puts forward are insightful and helpful and should be considered when learning something new. Enjoy! And don’t thank me, thank Seth Godin.

The pre-work involves important choices:

• Am I willing to be wrong about the fact that I’m a person who doesn’t know how to do this?
• Am I open to feeling incompetent as I discover a new skill is possible, but I don’t know how to do it yet?
• Will I be resilient enough to recover if I try to do this and fail?
• Can I temporarily be an imposter, someone who acts like they know the skill, but doesn’t, not quite…
• Am I eager to be friends with the person who I’m going to become if I make this shift?

Skip these steps and you might as well not bother to begin.

https://seths.blog/2025/09/before-we-learn-a-new-skill/