Kevin, what things biking-related (MTB or road), do YOU tell yourself that you're bad at? If nothing comes to mind, what about in the rest of your life?
For road biking group rides, I tend to lead the pack at the beginning but drop back toward the end. For mountain biking, on my newer bike that has much wider bars than my previous bike, I tend to clip trees with my bars. I feel like I should be able to better avoid this rather than trimming the bars.
Math for sure. I always tell myself I cant remember names or numbers . Most anything that has to do with memorizing is a struggle for me, Retaining information has been challenging for me. I am just learning how to play the guitar and I have been at it for over 6 months and I am still practicing 3 chords music is a hard one for me , along with wheelies.
Mark, I can relate to memorizing being a struggle. Until recently, I've not had to do it since my school days. But two experiences have changed my mindset about it.
1. I had to memorize many terms and principles for a certification course I was taking. Someone else in the course said they were practicing using flashcards. I tried it, and it worked.
2. I'm currently involved in an online men's group project in which we all had to memorize a speech or a poem or quotation that was at least 100 words long. Yikes! I decided to investigate strategies for that type of memorization and voila! it worked.
So I'm starting to adopt a different mindset about stuff I've told myself I'm bad at. It goes like this:
"I may not have a knack for this, but with the right mindset and the right practice strategies, I can get better. I don't have to be 'good' by anyone else's standards."
Maybe you're already doing this with the guitar since you've stuck with it for 6+months?
In the biking category (road riding), I've been told my cadence is too low, which seems detrimental to my knees when climbing a lot.
Kevin, what things biking-related (MTB or road), do YOU tell yourself that you're bad at? If nothing comes to mind, what about in the rest of your life?
For road biking group rides, I tend to lead the pack at the beginning but drop back toward the end. For mountain biking, on my newer bike that has much wider bars than my previous bike, I tend to clip trees with my bars. I feel like I should be able to better avoid this rather than trimming the bars.
Math. Music. Foreign languages. Manuals. Heights. Exposed trails (see"heights"). Wheelies.
We have some commonalities, Dave!
Math for sure. I always tell myself I cant remember names or numbers . Most anything that has to do with memorizing is a struggle for me, Retaining information has been challenging for me. I am just learning how to play the guitar and I have been at it for over 6 months and I am still practicing 3 chords music is a hard one for me , along with wheelies.
Mark, I can relate to memorizing being a struggle. Until recently, I've not had to do it since my school days. But two experiences have changed my mindset about it.
1. I had to memorize many terms and principles for a certification course I was taking. Someone else in the course said they were practicing using flashcards. I tried it, and it worked.
2. I'm currently involved in an online men's group project in which we all had to memorize a speech or a poem or quotation that was at least 100 words long. Yikes! I decided to investigate strategies for that type of memorization and voila! it worked.
So I'm starting to adopt a different mindset about stuff I've told myself I'm bad at. It goes like this:
"I may not have a knack for this, but with the right mindset and the right practice strategies, I can get better. I don't have to be 'good' by anyone else's standards."
Maybe you're already doing this with the guitar since you've stuck with it for 6+months?