Getting stuck isn’t the opposite of learning. It’s the part where learning happens.

Feeling stuck is easy to read as proof that you are failing, when it is really the sign that you have run out of old answers. Up to that point you were mostly repeating things you already knew. The struggle is where your brain builds the new connection, and it feels bad because actual work is happening.

When you hit the wall on a problem tonight, give it ten more minutes before you look anything up. Write down exactly what you cannot get past. That sentence is the real question, and it is worth more than a hint.