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Learn by doing.

I taught myself morse code by actually using morse code on ham radio, not by drilling myself silly with code practice tools (which is imperative to learn the alphabet, but after that it's less practical).

There's no number of videos or essays or books etc that will make you magically get better. You must take what you discover from those sources and put muscle (and/or brainpower) into the activity yourself.



Its important not to misread this advice as “don’t seek out books/videos/guidence”. The value of those things is they point out where to direct your focus and thereby help you stay focused.




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