[almata]

> Just keep on going. Lesson: Be persistent, don’t give up.

All lessons are interesting and all ideas can be valuable, but in this kind of articles I always find that the most valuable advice is just this: be persistent, don't give up. I'd say this is usually the key for success in many areas of knowledge (and certainly in programming).

[marcindrozd]

Thanks for your comment. Yes, I feel like this is the most important thing in learning new things (as you mentioned, not only programming). There always comes a time where we feel like we are not making any progress or get frustrated. This is where usually those that give up fail and those that keep on pushing ultimately succeed. This is not always easy, but I find that reading about other people stories (where we find out that others struggle as well) helps a lot.