I have a student who will often say she’s lazy.
Yet, she shows up consistently to class and works hard while she’s training.
She’ll frequently talk about how she’s “not good.”
Yet, she has close to full splits, is quite strong, and is getting better and better martial coordination after each class.
She’ll even bring up times when she “failed” or talk about her struggles to illustrate her points.
Yet, she competes in most tournaments, completes every belt test with stand out performances, and gets extra training in whenever she can.
It’s in situations like these that you have to listen to what the student is really saying.
…Because her words aren’t saying it.
If you pay close enough attention, what you might realize is that with all people, what they do and how they act speaks way louder than anything they say.