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You mean... it's ok to be who I am?
I would add: once you can reliably concentrate for at least an hour, make that hour count. If you're learning to juggle, learn to juggle while riding a unicycle. You'll be a much better juggler.
Yes, make the hour count, but speaking as someone with a ton of experience with juggling I beg to disagree with your example. It is best to learn things in the right order. And yes, sometimes this does include making things more difficult intentionally. (I realize this was probably just a metaphor, but I think the point still stands.)
Yes, just a metaphor.
ETA: Let's say you're already a skilled juggler, but your chronic laziness and/or hyperactivity is preventing you from refining those areas of technique that are ignorable enough that addressing them seems to you like niggling perfectionism. Adding a unicycle will magnify those problem areas massively, giving you un-ignorable, non-trivial goals.
This is true, and a good point. Upvoted.
I suppose I should be clearer with my quibbles. My reservations were for the novice learning a complex skill.