[WalterBright]

I recall a fellow employee said he wanted to get into programming, and what should he do? I suggested he pick up the manual, read it, and start programming.

Needless to say, he did nothing of the sort, and the world passed him by.

[aidepast]

You see this behavior in many communities; fantasizing. Visit www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning and you will find a group of people who discuss about "language learning" and few people learning a foreign language.

The topics are always similar; "which book", "which audio course", "which foreign language", et cetera. They seek perfect conditions, and they do not exist. They fantasize about how great their life will be once they obtain these perfect conditions. Eventually, they may move on to another subject, as their interest wanes, and repeat this cycle.

[WalterBright]

90% of success is simply showing up every day.