We are conditioned by fear and loss aversion to avoid situations where we might make a mistake (i.e. learn). Many look to experts to guide their every move, failing to realize those people became experts through their own willingness to experience a failure and learn from it.
The next time you think you can't learn something, just try. Start small. Make mistakes. Learn. The best educators don't want to be your crutch, but they want to see you join them on a journey of discovery.
Ask any expert or successful person and they will usually have many, many stories of failure and what they learned from it. The key is, don't make the same mistakes twice.
For thoughts on this as it relates to learning about cryptocurrency, see: How Do You Teach Experience? What Will Your Cryptocurrency Story Be?
Meta Thought
What do you think of short-form content like this? I share it on Facebook or Twitter often, but sometimes don't post it on Steemit also. That's probably silly.
Random Thought
How valuable are "How are you today?" chats on steemit.chat and discord? I get maybe 5 or so a day with people who (mostly) genuinely want to build relationship with me. Others are just looking for upvotes. I usually reply with a link to this post because I don't spend my time in chats like that. This morning I was also thinking about how the real relationships I want to build don't spend much time on small talk. They share big, world-changing ideas with passion. That's where they spend their time.
