Skip wrote:I don't know of any habit or any endeavor where "incrementalism" isn't a factor to success.
Wasn't Mozart composing symphonies when he was 6? If so, then let's go ahead and expect that of everyone.
As for us needing to put in our ten thousand hours to truly be good at what we're doing:
It is kind of weird that we don't consider the concepts, skills and habits of this way of eating to be things that require larger amounts of time to acquire. It is like watching a documentary on marathoning, and being like, "Oh, OK, so all I really need to do is go out there and run for 26.2 miles." I mean, it just sounds so straightforward at first, but then you realize "Oh those runners I've been watching have been practicing this for years, and that's how they make it look so easy."
Skip, I know you've been on these boards since 2010, and i've been on these boards since 2012 (two additional years under a previous user name). And approaching this way of eating from a place of ingrained habits and developed confidence, is probably a hell of a lot easier for us, than for someone who's been doing this way of eating since, like, late march. It makes a difference to put in the time -- I really believe that.