There are an almost infinite number of gyms that you could join, with an almost infinite number of machines and classes within those gyms.
There is an almost infinite number of cameras you could buy with an almost infinite number of settings and storage space related to them.
There is an almost infinite amount of education you could sign up for, a lot of it free, purporting to teach you a new skill to take you to a better place.
Many times, we mistake the tool for the task.
You don't get fit by joining a gym; you only get fit by going to the gym.
You don't get fit by buying a bike; you only get fit by riding a bike.
You don't get clever by paying for a course; you only get cleverer by working very hard on the things that make you cleverer.
If you want to be a photographer, you can't just buy a camera; you have to work hard, get it wrong, and learn the skills and the art of photography.
Acquiring the tool is one thing and nowadays a lot of the time it's free or at least extremely cheap but the task is finite.
We only have a minimal amount of time to do anything, so spending all the time deciding on the tool while spending none of the time deciding whether or not we should actually carry out the task seems, at least to me, to be entirely the wrong way around.
Blog Post Number - 3740
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