Rehearsing failure is simply a bad habit, not a productive use of your time. When you choose to visualize the path that works, you're more likely to shore it up and create an environment where it can take place.
The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing
Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.
Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no progress is made isn’t particularly effective either. No, the best path is an endless series of difficult (but achievable) hills.
Embracing the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup.
The way to get unstuck is to start down the wrong path, right now.
The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing . But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are. For now.
The one path that never works is the most common one: doing nothing at all.