You can get decent at things very quickly by following advice like the rock climbing example. The trick is doing the right thing “even if”. Even if you see a ha

You can get decent at things very quickly by following advice like the rock climbing example. The trick is doing the right thing “even if”. Even if you see a handhold but not a foothold, push from your legs instead of pulling with your arms. Progressing from 0 to experience to decent can be fast if you’re willing to make second choices. Realize that as a novice, your first impulse is probably wrong. If it comes into conflict with the advice of people who know what they’re talking about, find a second or third impulse. Maybe you need a little more time to find that foothold. This is a type of discipline, but a small discipline. It’s not about waking up at 4am and doing hours of drills every day. It’s about doing any amount of practice properly, even if there’s something that feels easier in the moment. (This leads into another rant of why “find what works for you” is the antifreeze of advice - tasty and toxic. It takes people out of a learning mindset and puts them in a judging one.)