Why do people who keep taking courses often never use what they learned?
By Rabbi Shalom Landau.
Rabbi Landau explains that “the people who take courses after courses after courses, they’re usually the same people who never use any of it.” The reason: “courses make you feel productive without actually forcing you to produce.”
Another course can feel like humility or preparation. He calls it something else: “fear dressed up in humility.” The missing piece is not intelligence. “It’s a lack of commitment.”
His advice is to stop collecting and start doing. “You don’t need to be smart, you need to stop running from the thing you’re already good at.” In his words: “Stop upgrading your courses, start upgrading your courage.”
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Surface claim
Courses can feel productive without making anyone produce.
Deepest human truth
What holds people back is not a lack of knowledge but a lack of commitment and courage.
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