As the author of this blog post, I'd like to stress that it's much, much more of Step 2 than 1. At least for me, can't really speak for Usain Bolt.

Also, don't forget Step 0: have fun doing what you're doing.

For things like this, "have broad-but-shallow knowledge of a field" and "be lazy like Larry Wall" also work.

It might seem that way if you're new to hardware stuff, but it's really not all that complicated. I'm not super knowledgeable myself (took all of 3 undergrad courses in digital logic design a few years ago and haven't worked with it since) but found the post very readable and interesting.

> Step 1: work crazy hard. Step 2: be better than anyone else.

FTFY.

If by fix you mean completely change what was being expressed to the opposite, sure.

Alright then:

> Step 1: work crazy hard. Step 2: be better than anyone else. Step 3: work crazy hard.

FTFY.