Tangentially, imitation is a severely underrated way to learn. A lot of people who are really good at X started out by trying to copy their heroes verbatim. (E.

Tangentially, imitation is a severely underrated way to learn. A lot of people who are really good at X started out by trying to copy their heroes verbatim. (E.g., you're a kid who wants to be good at guitar, so you try to play exactly like Jimi Hendrix for the first 5 years of practice.) Find someone who's really good at something, and pretend to be them. In copying their mannerisms you might accidentally pick up on some of their keys to success.