Loved listening to Brad Feld and Jason on This Week in Startups while on my run last week. Brad gave the best analogy for self improvement: the only way to build your muscles up stronger is to work them so hard they breakdown.

This philosophy can apply to everything in life. Whether it’s writing more often beyond your abilities (guilty) or coding something well beyond your technical abilities (common occurrence , sometimes the best way to learn is to push yourself too far.

Thanks for the advice guys!

See also: http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2012/04/a-great-ceo-is-always-building-muscles.html