> What in your opinion is the quickest, most effective way of learning faster and getting better?

Humans are really good at imitating. Even better than critical thinking in some ways.

I remember seeing a video with a “trick box” with a bunch of dummy knobs and levers. A researcher demoed it to a child, doing all sorts of superfluous actions before finally dispensing the candy. The child imitated and got the candy.

Then they replaced the opaque box with a clear one, so that it was obvious that only the last action mattered. The child still performed the ritual before getting the candy.

A chimpanzee was given the same task and quickly got the candy by skipping all the unnecessary steps.