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Why beginner's discomfort stops us from learning new skills

I keep saying I want to learn guitar but I never practice because when I do I sound terrible and it's discouraging and I don't know how people push through that phase.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inability to tolerate the temporary dissonance between your vision of competence and the reality of early learning.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.