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babies know better than you

and are more resilient

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Jim Dalling
Apr 26, 2023
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Some things we’re born to do.

Resilience and learning are the first two that come to mind.

This post doesn’t apply to everyone.

This experience though is quite common for many.

You likely struggled with this problem for a long time.

If you were quick, you picked it up after seven or eight months. Many take twelve months of daily activity to learn. Others can take up to eighteen.

And for some of us?

This struggle is never a successful one. For some of us, it’s not an option.

There was a time, you likely worked every waking moment at this, encountering repeated frustration, pain, instability and failure.

Over time and with repetition, you grew stronger, became more stable.

Eventually?

Success!

I’m talking about walking.

Until you knew how to walk, you spent your entire life learning how.

Before that, it took your whole life to know how to hold up your head, look around, roll over, drag yourself around and eventually stand up.

Sure, you may be a cancer researcher right now. You might even say that sa…

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