Paint the second coat before the first one dries and you ruin both. Let the last lesson set first.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Learning needs a gap between layers. Applying the next thing before the previous one has settled does not accelerate anything, it undoes both, because neither gets the chance to become solid. This is why cramming produces the feeling of learning and very little that lasts.

Where you are stacking things quickly, slow the sequence rather than the effort. Finish one change and live with it for a few weeks before adding another. One new habit at a time, one new idea properly absorbed. The instinct to add more is usually impatience wearing the costume of ambition.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which lesson have you not let settle before the next one?

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