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How to handle the plateau where competence meets humility

I have been playing guitar for two years and I am good enough to know how bad I still am and I cannot decide if that knowledge should motivate me or crush me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The intermediate stage of skill development often brings clarity about the vast distance between current ability and mastery.

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