Gotta get bad before it gets good,
It’s gotta get bad before it gets good,
It’s gotta get bad before it gets good,
I want good now,
But it’s gotta get bad before it gets good,
That’s what you say,
It’s gotta get bad before it gets good -song “Bad Before Good” by Day One
How good you can get at a particular thing directly correlates to how long you’re willing to look bad and be bad at the thing.
Three examples from professionals:
Kyrie Irving, arguably the greatest one on one player in NBA history, developed his sick handles and moves by forcing himself to try crazy things in pickup games, even if he lost the ball or had his shot blocked. He even put a plastic bag around the ball to make it harder on himself to dribble.
Jerry Seinfeld and plenty of other famous comedians, bomb repeatedly when trying out new material in front of audiences. Check out this clip.
The author Issac Asimov (author of over 400 books) writing process was simple: He put his ass in the chair every day for 8 hours and “kept writing crap until it wasn’t crap anymore.”
To be a master, you have to be a beginner.
To become comfortable, you have to be uncomfortable.
To be good, you have to be bad.
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