"I can’t" sounds like a verdict. "I can’t yet" leaves the door open. 
That small word does not promise effortless progress. It asks you to let your current ability be a starting point, rather than a permanent identity. 
You can acknowledge the gap without becoming the gap. Give yourself permission to be a beginner, then decide how you will learn.

"Becoming is better than being. The fixed mindset does not allow people the luxury of becoming. They have to already be." - Carol Dweck

Where have I turned a current difficulty into a permanent statement about myself?

What changes for me when I add "yet" to that statement?

What would I allow myself to try if being a beginner were acceptable?

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