How to get better at the things you care about

The 20 hour rule:

The rule is: you’ll learn more about anything the first 20 hours of understanding and researching it than you will anytime afterwards.

Those first 20 hours you’re building the landscape of the playing grounds. You’re starting to see in greater clarity what’s really going on. During this time it’s normal to feel confused as that’s the precursor to understanding.

Make it a game to knock out the next 20 hours a quickly as possible and then high-five yourself, you’ve just made so much progress!