How to use it
Interest gets you started, getting good keeps you going, and tolerating the boring, painful parts gets you to the end. Every path has them, even the one you love. Pick a path, get good, and the passion grows with the skill.
How sure we are
P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.
E Evidence: built from practice. What works for coaches and practitioners. Labelled that way.
Sources
People who believed interests are found, not developed, lost interest faster in a new topic once it got hard and expected endless motivation (O'Keefe, Dweck & Walton 2018, 5 studies, 🟡) · "interests start you, proficiency keeps you going, pain tolerance finishes": Alex Hormozi (🟠) · see 151.
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