I only started making progress when I realized I was facing a toothbrushing problem: feeling normal again would probably require me to do stuff every day for the rest of my life. I might get better at doing that stuff, just like when you first start brushing your teeth as a kid you get toothpaste everywhere and end up swallowing half of it, and... See more

On the other hand, I have gotten a ton better at programming in the last four years. Not through any specific piece of advice, or any weird trick. Rather, it’s come by constantly trying to learn small new things, make small tool improvements, make my models a little deeper, work a little faster, come up with slightly better ideas. By, literally,... See more

Years ago, I read a study about learning the guitar.

They separated people into 2 groups:

• Group A practiced for 8 hours on Sunday.


• Group B practiced an hour each day, 7 days per week.

Group B outperformed Group A by a mile.

There's a lesson in there:

Consistency wins.