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Get the FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT From the very beginning of trying to improve at climbing, we’re told one thing: Work on your weaknesses. I’ve probably said this a million times myself. But I’ve also paid attention to what happens as a result of that type of instruction. And what happens is: we end up in this constant cycle of trying to determine what our weaknesses are and fix them. But there's a big problem with this line of thinking...
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