“We focus so much on the outcome that the intrinsic details of the learning process are lost on us.” - book "The Art of Learning".

Life is a marathon. Not a sprint. We have to keep running. We have to build the foundation of the house strong enough so that it could bear all the earthquakes and storms. And believe me, bad days come. 

The process of learning is that foundation. Learning is more important than the outcome. And those who understand this — always win.

We all undermine the process of learning. And the worst part is — that we do not even realize it. 

When I used to code, rather than understanding the root cause of a code break, I was more interested in just fixing the issue. To get done. The next time when the same problem happened, I worked from scratch again. I did not focus on learning the first time. And ended up spending more time and energy all the subsequent times. 

If we don’t do something properly — it could be worse than not doing it at all.

If we focus on the learning process, even if that takes more time at the moment, we would be faster and better all the following times.

Once we internalize the process, rest follows.

Give yourself to the learning process. Then you would achieve the outcome naturally. The only thing left would be to measure the outcome. 

Have goals. Dream. Carve out a path to achieve those goals and dreams. Then forget about them. Walk. Don’t run blindly. Don’t fall into the same pits again. Watch out for them and learn how to jump over them. Tick-off milestones. Enjoy results and successes. Start walking again. You would achieve more than you had planned for. 

Focusing on the process of learning is the best hack you got to make through this life. Without bleeding for no reason at all.