I’m all for professionals. I often wish I were one. But, nay… Jack (or frank) of all trades. Which often means, when I try something new, well, I am pretty decent at it right away. That is, until I decide to learn more about whatever it is I am doing.
Flashback…
20+ years ago. I had been in a band. I had watched music management from arms length. I had been a part of recordings and around engineers and producers. So, I understood the general concepts. But, overall, I was quite ignorant. I had read. And read. Always wanted to work with such-and-such gear. When I got the opportunity. I didn’t know what I was doing. I “Fletched” my way through. And became successful. Which leads me to this quote…
The miserable yoke of worldly success is so crushing because it is a burden that God’s servants were never meant to bear.
Barbara Hughes
And then after that… success was fleeting. At least in the music biz. as I learned more and more about it all, I learned how much I didn’t know. And then let the fear of failure get into my head. Or perhaps, the fear of being a poser. Did it once, perhaps I was just lucky. Doing it again…?
Similar for home remodeling and such. As I continue to learn more about how to do it “right”, I fear my previous success were just lucky. Lucky I didn’t burn down the house. So, as I talk about doing similar things for others, the fear of scrutiny when it’s THEIR project can nearly cause me to just freeze up.
Yes, I realize it’s all mental. It’s a self-confidence thing. Why is it easier to have that confidence the less I know about something?
The power of ignorance.
