François CholletVerified account

What if a piano (or other miscellaneous large object) falls on you? It's more like the easiest way to lose the ability...

and the easiest way to waste your time is trying to accomplish something you don't believe you're capable of.

I think so

Exactly, this is also referenced by Maxwell in Psycho-cybernetics. If you lose curiosity you can lose the ability to become interested in doing something. The brain being a goal seeker accessing a powerful reticular activation system integrated into 2 semi-auto nervous systems.

Switching career to motivation mentor ?

I almost dropped out of my PhD because I felt I wasn't making any progress. Then I started following a bunch of researchers on twitter and realized I was doing fine. I'm still not making progress, but I'm doing it with confidence.

Conversely, one of the best motivators is to believe someone else has already done it so you KNOW it's possible. And sometimes after succeeding at doing it yourself you find out that was actually bogus information and you just did something nobody else had ever done before.

Yes, you're right!