A mindset I’ve found helpful for learning:

Don’t expect to understand on the first try.

This reduces my anxiety. I expose myself to new ideas in multiple ways until it sticks.

I read a blog.
I watch a talk.
I read the docs.
I read some tweets.
I try some ideas on my own.

Sometime along the way, the new ideas “click”. But rarely on the first try.

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