https://seunghoonchoi.com/tags/self-improvement/Recent content in Self-Improvement on Seunghoon ChoiHugoen-USSun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://seunghoonchoi.com/column/pushing-through-incompetence/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://seunghoonchoi.com/column/pushing-through-incompetence/<p><img src="https://seunghoonchoi.com/images/col-pushing-through-incompetence.jpg" alt="A beginner’s awkward hands starting violin practice alone in a quiet room"></p> <p class="inline-image-caption">If you feel like you can't do it, it means you're dealing with something you can't handle automatically yet.</p> <p>When you learn something new, the first feeling is not interest. It is incompetence. You think you understand it in your head, but your hands do not follow. Everyone else seems to do it easily, while you stumble. It looked easy when someone explained it, but the moment you try it yourself, everything tangles.</p>