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What I Learned:

Graham Weaver was once asked:

“What’s a truth that no one wants to accept….but that everyone experiences?”

So he stopped.

And drew a squiggly line:

He said, “The minute you want to change something for the better, you have to accept that in the short term it will immediately get worse.”

No one goes from peak to peak in a straight line.

If you want to become a better husband, you might have to have a hard conversation with your wife. If you want a higher-paying job, you might have to resign the one you have. If you want to be a better writer, investor, teacher, or speaker—accept that the journey to getting better starts with an immediate dip towards the worse.

The trick is to accept the dip.

Accept that it’s part of the plan.

….And accept that it’s not your signal to stop.

This industry is built on habit.

Routine. Systems.

The same wire sequence engages the same slot sizes at the same intervals with the same brackets at the same chair with the same biomechanics done by the same doctor at the same practice.

And people like me come around and ask for change.

But…

If you want to be more digital, your new workflow will be likely be worse in the short-term than before. If you try a new appliance, the first few appointments will likely be worse than what you’re used to. If you try a new payment plan, the cash flow will worsen shortly after implementation.

But you can’t progress in anything… if you can’t dip.

Business Idea Whiteboard:

Theory vs. Practice