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There\u2019s an instructive scene in the Star Wars<\/em> movie, The Empire Strikes Back.<\/em> Yoda is instructing Luke Skywalker in how to use the Force. He asks Luke to retrieve his disabled spaceship out of a bog where it has sunk, using only his mind.<\/p>\n\n

Luke, of course, thinks this is impossible. Sure, he has been able to move stones around this way. But a spaceship? That\u2019s completely different. Or is it?<\/p>\n

Yoda patiently explains that it is only different in his mind.<\/em> Luke reluctantly agrees to \u201cgive it a try.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yoda famously says, \u201cNo. Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.”<\/p>\n

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Why Trying Doesn't Work<\/h3>\n

Tony Robbins gave similar advice to a woman who was struggling in her marriage. She stood up in one of his seminars to ask a question. She complained that she had \u201ctried everything\u201d to improve her relationship with her husband but nothing had changed.<\/p>\n

Tony went on to make a distinction that I think is vitally important. He asked the woman to try<\/em> to pick up the chair she was sitting in. She turned around and picked up the chair.<\/p>\n

Tony said, \u201cNo, you picked it up. I said try<\/em> to pick it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The woman looked confused. Tony reiterated, \u201cTry to pick it up.\u201d The woman just stood there, not knowing what to do.<\/p>\n

Tony continued, \u201cNo, now you\u2019re not picking it up. I said try<\/em> to pick it up.\u201d Again, she picked up the chair.<\/p>\n

Again, Tony, said, \u201cNo, you picked up the chair. I asked you to try<\/em> and pick it up. You either pick it up, you don\u2019t pick it up, or<\/em> you try to pick it up.\u201d
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Just Stop Trying<\/h3>\n

The point is that when we say we are trying<\/em> we don\u2019t really have to do anything. It also provides us with an excuse for why we didn\u2019t accomplish the outcome we say we want.<\/p>\n

Do you understand the difference? You either do something or you don\u2019t do it. Trying<\/em> is really the same as not doing it. It just makes it easier for us to let ourselves off the hook when we fail.<\/p>\n

Where are you trying<\/em> to improve?<\/p>\n