Boost Your Motivation to Learn Hard Things | Scott H Young

Sometimes you are excited to learn, but you still avoid getting started. You may worry about the fear of failure, feedback, or performing. If you expose yourself to the thing you find unpleasant and nothing bad happens, your fear will lessen.

Reframing is often helpful in overcoming this problem. Begin each studying session with the idea that you will find it hard.

Distraction is not always bad. The problem is when distraction becomes compulsive. Create rules that will prevent toxic distraction.

• Set time limits and caps on all digital distractions.
• Work on one project at a time, see it through until the end.
• Never quit on the uphill. Don't stop when you've just got a question wrong.