A lot of people are skipping this point because it’s looking pointlessly time-consuming.

But give me a try to show you why you don’t want to make the same mistake.

When you want to build a house. A good architect will start asking you questions:

• What you wanna build? How many rooms, bathrooms, storage spaces?
• And then she should ask you WHY?

And it gets deeper,

• Why is it important for you? What are your habits? Where do you spend most of your time?
• And it can go ridiculously far, e.g. - Draw me your direction where you’re going after entering your current home in the first 10 minutes.

The reason why, …

…a really good architect wants to build you a house that is

• comfortable and fitted to your personality (you and your family),
• customized to your habits,
• and fulfilling the balance between your requirements and possibilities.

Building a new skill is the same.

What do you want to build?
You can answer by yourself and then..

…Why:

• Better money
• Remote working
• Grow professionally
• Be more independent
• Or …

And it can go deeper, …

• Be more proud of yourself.
• Support your family, secure your daughter’s studies, help your parents in their beautiful age
• Grow and give back to society

See?

Questions What, Why, and When will help you (along with the other things) with articulating which way of learning you should choose.

- self-paced, group learning, project-based, fully supported 1on1, focusing on one technology, gaining general overview, …

And that’s bringing me to point #2, which I will talk about in the following part: