[benstrumental]

Knowledge growth is exponential. Rather than focusing on specific topics/tools, focus on trying to gain some form of knowledge, insight, or skill from whatever task you are working on.

For example, if you are working on implementing a regex expression for your job, spend the additional time and effort (if you can spare it) to learn a little more about regular expressions and/or the tools associated with them. These small incremental improvements to your knowledge base over time will have a significant impact on your overall trajectory.