Everything seems to work that way. Pick up a martial art, auto racing, music, rock climbing, new language, whatever. At first most people focus on all the new c

Everything seems to work that way. Pick up a martial art, auto racing, music, rock climbing, new language, whatever. At first most people focus on all the new concepts in the hopes it'll help them progress. It's only later they realize it was the mistakes they made along the way that led to real knowledge, not the technical stuff.