Some thoughts I picked up from certain articles I read or podcasts I listened to:
Negative thoughts are almost 100% effective Don’t climb to not fall, climb to top Every trip up the wall is a learning attempt. All the data is useful; it’s up to you to make good use of it. Climbers use various skills to break down goal routes and problems. These skills are numerous, including constructing sequences, selecting and achieving links, highpointing and lowpointing, re-evaluating sequences after redpoint attempts, and many others. The purpose of these redpoint skills is to work our way from an initial, purely conscious performance state to an intuitive, almost entirely physical performance state. Redpoint practice is basically working towards the ability to climb the route without thinking, as illustrated by the bell curve.
Courage isn’t about not being afraid, it’s being afraid but still pushing ahead.