120. Seek professional help
[From Seth Godin, Stop Stealing Dreams http://www.squidoo.com/stop-stealing-dreams]
There seems to be a cultural bias against getting better at things that matter. School has left such a bad taste that if what we need to do to improve feels like reading a book, attending a lecture, or taking a test, many of us tend to avoid it.
Consider how easy (and helpful) it would be to get better at:
Giving a presentation
Handling a negotiation
Writing marketing copy
Shaking hands
Dressing for a meeting
Making love
Analyzing statistics
Hiring people
Dealing with authority figures
Verbal self defense
Handling emotionally difficult situations
And yet… most of us wing it. We make the same mistakes that many who came before us do, and we shy away from the hard (but incredibly useful) work of getting better at the things that matter.
Not because we don’t want to get better. Because we’re afraid that it will be like school, which doesn’t make us better but merely punishes us until we comply.
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