Author here. If my goal was to get from A to B as fast as possible, yes I'd perhaps get a bicycle. If I wanted to be a really good runner a bicycle probably isn

Author here. If my goal was to get from A to B as fast as possible, yes I'd perhaps get a bicycle. If I wanted to be a really good runner a bicycle probably isn't going to help me as much as running a lot. I hear "working smart" a lot and I think it's a bit of a fallacy. I think choosing what you do for a living or work on isn't particularly smart; it's just common sense. Find me any expert in a given field and tell me they didn't spend years honing their skill.