There are many things in life that are hard to do. Many times people say in the end hard things are worth it. But what if it is hard because you are doing it wrong?
Yes, there is truth that achieving things of value requires work and many time hard work. There are many times we put a lot of effort into something and cant figure out why we aren't getting the results we are looking for. Sometimes it is delayed when you are doing it right, other times it is delayed because you aren't doing the process correctly.
Think of a runner, There are basically two types of runners, one that runs the streets of the neighborhood and adapts to the weather, the hills, and the paths to run. The other type runs on a flat treadmill. The treadmill runner can put in far more hours and "travel more distance" when compared with the other runner. When both go to run a marathon, the "slower" runner at the end of the marathon finishes long before the treadmill runner. Why is this? The treadmill runner put in more time and distance than the neighborhood runner. One of the reasons could be that the treadmill runner wasn't use to hills, weather, or navigation. As far as I am aware there aren't marathons that are run on treadmills. Now the treadmill runner still probably would beat you in the race because they did more practice than you did, so not all efforts are waisted but those efforts were not maximized.
Another example would be building your own house. You can either hire someone to build it for you, you learn how to do everything and do it yourself, or you just jump in and do what you know. In many cities in the United States there are building codes that a structure must meet to be considered "safe" and usable. If you fail to achieve these standards the city can come in and undo all your work until it is "right." Most people will hire someone to do this work and have the expectation that they will do it right and you don't have to figure out if it is done right, because part of the process is to have it reviewed to see if it is done right. In some areas of the United States, there are confidant and capable individuals who try building their own house on their own. These are the people who know about the rules and look things up as they go and have a decent chance of passing inspections. This really depends on the rules of where they are building. There may be parts where they cannot do the work because they are not "qualified" to do the work and for these tasks they know to bring in someone else to do that work. Then the third type of people who jump feet first and learn how to do things as they go, but they fail to check the rules. These are the people that by the time they are done building, someone will ask how they did it, but they didn't do it right, and may need to start all the way over.
Because you are doing something may not mean you are doing it right. This is where you need to find out what the right way is and then when you are doing hard things, you know for sure you are working towards your goal the correct way and will have reduced risks of having other problems related to what you are trying to do.
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