I can equate this to aggressive inline skating which I did competitively on the ASA Am circuit for a long time (ala http://www.rolldc.com/ http://www.rolldc.com

I can equate this to aggressive inline skating which I did competitively on the ASA Am circuit for a long time (ala http://www.rolldc.com/ http://www.rolldc.com/ - my home crew). I would try to land a trick a million times, trying different things or variations or mind-games to conceptualize the balance or approach. None of that shit ever helped. However, getting it SORTA right, or straight up lacing it one time would allow me to land it 2/4 next tries. Then 3/4 next tries... etc. The success, mainly the FEELING (in this case physical/balance/positioning) had such a great impact that my brain absorbed the muscle memory much quicker. It then became a feel, and much less of "ok, now jump and spin, try to put my foot here...". I'm sure business could be similar. You can feel success, correct moves, etc, once you've done it before because you know you're on the right track. For anyone curious and with Windows (.wmv) heres an old skating edit from sophomore year in college. Even though I edited it, there are only a couple of clips of me, I'm the second guy that shows up. http://filebox.vt.edu/users/skottie/TeamCool/summermid.wmv http://filebox.vt.edu/users/skottie/TeamCool/summermid.wmv Edit: I realize its a little off topic because its not about hacking but I've equated this "feeling" to code as well. You know when you are on the right track (design/progress) because you get that effortless "bliss" feeling.