Big door swings on small hinges.
The same is true for your recruiting, training, or life in general.
Adding complexity to an already confusing problem will result in a continuation of your initial problem.
For whatever reason, we tend to equate the size of our problems with the size of solutions.
Or even worse, administrative types like to solve a problem by creating a solution 10x as complex as the original issue.
People try to solve problems by addition, when they should try to solve them by subtraction first.
Why are you worried about the 60 yard field goal when you have yet to hit a clean extra point?
Why are you worried about losing 10lbs when you haven’t managed to even lose one?
Why are you worried about finding the girl of your dreams when you haven’t even been on a date in three years?
Is this lowering the bar? Yes.
I think most people have bars unimaginably so high within their own minds that they fail to even attempt most of the things they want to try. It’s self sabotage.
What if instead of a to do list you made a to don’t one?