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Published about 19 hours ago • 1 min read

Doing something new is hard.

Not because you are bad at it.

Not because you are incapable.

It is hard because you do not know what you are doing yet.

That sounds obvious, but most of us forget it.

We expect confidence before competence.

We want clarity before reps.

We want certainty before starting.

That is not how learning works.

When you do not know how to do something, your brain looks for reasons to stop.

This feels risky.

What if I mess it up?

What if I look stupid?

What if I fail?

So instead of starting, we delay.

We read more.

We watch more.

We “prepare.”

But preparation without action just keeps you stuck.

Every skill you are good at today once felt exactly like this.

Awkward.

Slow.

Uncomfortable.

The only way through that phase is reps.

Here is the actionable tip:

Shrink the goal.

Do not try to master the thing.

Just try to start one small version of it.

One case.

One conversation.

One decision.

Momentum does not come from knowing what to do.

It comes from doing before you feel ready.

The bottom line: Feeling lost is not a sign you should stop. It is a sign you are learning something new.

If you want guided reps, real-time feedback, and a room full of dentists going through the same uncomfortable phase together, that is exactly why we created the Clear Aligner Confidence Bootcamp.

Here is the link if you want to check it out:

JOIN US AT THE BOOTCAMP HERE

– Dr. Avi

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