Self-perception and other stories

Look, you do this and I do this. I very do this. I very do this a lot. You set out aiming to do something or be something or learn something – and then as soon as you’ve done it, you dismiss it.

It must be easy, you think, because you did it. Therefore anyone can.

But the consequence of this is that everything ahead of you is a mountain and everything behind is just piddling about in the water.

When you do something amazing, accept that it’s amazing.

Okay? There. You’ve been told. And so have I. You got it from me and I got it from a chat with coach Alec McPhedran who ran career advice sessions today as part of Digital Birmingham.