I've watched this video a few times, and I recommend the part at 25:43 which describes agility. To repeat it here: 1) Find out where you are 2) Take a small st

I've watched this video a few times, and I recommend the part at 25:43 which describes agility. To repeat it here: 1) Find out where you are 2) Take a small step toward you goal 3) Adjust your understanding based on what you've learned 4) Repeat I think this is useful as a high-level guide, and it's both easily memorizable and generally memorable. I use a silly mnemonic "FI-TA-AD-RE", and I come back to it whenever I'm working and get to a point where I have to ask myself "What the hell am I doing?"