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#+title: Diving head-first with a difficult problem is a good indicator of progress
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#+date: "2021-05-20 20:25:47 +08:00"
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#+date_modified: "2022-07-21 16:40:47 +08:00"
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#+language: en
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Solving with a difficult problem often [[id:01459b18-3f30-418e-bd8d-42661d5ea223][Start with wishful thinking]].
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This allows us to think about the steps we need to deeply learn about a particular field.
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This practice also comes with additional benefits especially when we're beginners of a field.
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- We learn things that are going to be explored later down the line as if [[id:2667d942-48b6-4d1e-b92b-15c2dab645ed][Switching between different topics makes new perspective]].
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- Most of the application comes from the understanding of the subject and creating custom solutions from that pool of knowledge.
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What we're really doing is practicing under that situation and creating a drill exercise for ourselves.
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We're getting used what it means to fail and how to deal with such difficulties.
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This is what it really means to be familiar as we'll learn that [[id:7382c605-b481-4baa-997a-317f6cb1819c][Self-learning is about responsibility]].
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In other words, practicing this prevents us from quitting at the first sign of difficulties.
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We have a fallback excuse that we're beginners and shouldn't expect it learn it smoothly but rather smoothen the process of learning with [[id:adefcd38-46a8-4c9c-b609-9d3393b074d0][Consistency over time creates more progress]].
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It is more important to know the importance of failure as an indicator of progress.
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That successes show where you are and failure show where you lack.
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Having a difficult problem where it can present "real" application of that subject can put yourself to the test how to gauge where you stand.
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However, this could go very badly with very real consequence of wasting real efforts.
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[[id:48cef2ac-a941-463d-a07f-6be8349456ad][Diving head-first into a difficult problem makes a bad start]] if you don't have an intention to begin with.
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It costs you time that you could have spent learning more on fundamentals.
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This is best used as a measuring tool, not a real application of skill (regardless of the result).
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