Illusions, illusions...

[xise]

Is it about trying harder?

Maybe it's about trying smarter, not harder? I don't ask rhetorically - I don't assume to know whether my experiences apply to yours - I ask only to offer another concept to ponder.

When I say trying smarter, I mean this: For doing all sorts of things in my own life, if I'm having difficulty trying to do something, I take a brief break, reanalyze (with the help of books, others, google, etc), and try to do it more intelligently, usually by trying out new methods. I usually find something that works wonderfully for me in the process.

Only when it's clear that I'm out of new smart ways or new smart methods to try, then I pick the best method out of the mediocre bunch of methods and just try harder.