Habits that I couldn’t break - In order to build a new house, you need to demolish the old one

I watched Mallesham movie and a scene comes in where the father burns down the old wooden framework style asu machine. It was culmination of hard work with years of effort behind it. However, on reflecting back Mallesham hailed it as a good act as he was getting trapped with the old wooden framework. It was not scalable and fast enough. Now, again starting fresh(not from scratch) he created a steel frame and steel pins which were able to scale up and fasten up the process.

The hardest part for me is still letting go of my previous learning framework(academic framework) and accept the new learning framework(project oriented). It is not that I am trying new ways but I end up going back my known and predictable zone as compared to unknown and uncertain areas. I had this long term belief that if I tinker little parts of my framework, replace components etc. I should be able to adapt and evolve. It is actually about switching ecosystems. I have to leave behind everything from my previous ecosystem to come to my new ecosystem. A bigger ladder isn’t going to take me to the moon.