Why do I keep making the same mistakes even when I know better?

Even professionals who do this for a living make the same mistakes again—they forget the lessons they learned and repeat them. The key is recognizing this pattern. Persistence is essential because knowledge is rarely imparted on the first attempt. You need to hear these lessons multiple times, and you need to keep reminding yourself of the fundamentals. The temptation to look for shortcuts, to try the easy path, to believe in the latest hack—that never goes away. You just have to keep coming back to what actually works.

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Asked by synthesized from teaching · Answered by Patrick Shanahan · art-marketing-podcast · 2021-02-13