I’m sure, it already happens to you. You stumble upon a piece of work, you stare a few sec at it and you think: ‘’I could have done it too’’. It’s a protective reflex, a kind of hack we use to feel reassured about our capacities or a way to console ourself for all the things we never had the courage to start and achieve. It’s easy to comment and overlook someone’s work until we realise what it takes to make it happen. As Tobias van Schneider sums it up: ‘’Execution is what counts’’ in the end. The next time you think you could have done something ask yourself one simple question: ‘’Why didn’t I do it?’’ and work on the reasons. Is it because I have a lack of skills, a lack of gut, a lack of focus, … ? But, maybe the best way to have the answer is to try and do it.
Everyone plays the image game at some extent, and that’s how it goes. The most important is to be aware of that reality so it doesn’t hold you back. From the people you follow from afar to your closest entourage, there is always a more or less significative part of narrative in the story you are being told. Don’t blame them or yourself. Take it as a motivation, an inspiration or a positive energy to make YOUR story really happen. Almost everything seems better from the outside but, don’t be fooled, flaws and tough times happen to all of us, so don’t be afraid to not being perfect or ‘’Social Media friendly’’.
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1. I could have done it too
I’m sure, it already happens to you. You stumble upon a piece of work, you stare a few sec at it and you think: ‘’I could have done it too’’. It’s a protective reflex, a kind of hack we use to feel reassured about our capacities or a way to console ourself for all the things we never had the courage to start and achieve. It’s easy to comment and overlook someone’s work until we realise what it takes to make it happen. As Tobias van Schneider sums it up: ‘’Execution is what counts’’ in the end. The next time you think you could have done something ask yourself one simple question: ‘’Why didn’t I do it?’’ and work on the reasons. Is it because I have a lack of skills, a lack of gut, a lack of focus, … ? But, maybe the best way to have the answer is to try and do it.