The building blocks of understanding are memorization and repetition
TL;DR: Study foundational blocks by repeating then until you understand. Keep repeating as you build knowledge and move to "harder" things.<p>I like the message, but not the messenger.<p>Articles like this, in my point of view, fail to delivery their messages in a better way because they are simply too long and with too much noise for my taste.<p>The point he is trying to get across could be explained in a simpler way without the necessity of explaining how he went to the army, what he did there and all his personal history.<p>All this information is completely irrelevant to the main goal of the article and turn it into a boring story instead of useful piece of practical advice.