<prompt> Human: Since following this sub Ive learned a ton about managing finances, and Ive found that the time spent learning this stuff has paid huge dividends. What other topics have you found similar success with in which just taking the time to learn a bit pays off in big ways? Doesnt have to be financial gains only. I understand that this isnt strictly a PF thing, but I think this sub is unique and a lot of people here have had similar experiences to me in this regard, so it seemed to make the most sense to post this here. Feel free to delete it mods if this isnt allowed!EDIT: Glad this is getting a good number of comments, and thanks all for sharing! To add to the initial question, what resources to you recommend for those of us looking to learn more about your topic?  <response>: Writing this here to remind myself. Pretty much rgetmotivated style thinking, but nevertheless:Learn how to re-evaluate in the short term to maintain your goals in the long term. Quoted from memory, so possibly slightly off: If you decide that youre going to throw a stone into a river every day as you cross the bridge, and one day you forget to throw a stone, dont tell yourself that tomorrow you will throw two stones in order to make up the deficit. Rather, stop what you are doing, go back to the bridge, and throw todays stone in the river. By forcing the activity, you will make it habit even if just to prevent it from getting in the way of your other activities.The Richest Man of Babylon This is particularly important this week as right now is two weeks after New Years: when everyones resolutions are going to shit and quickly. The point is simply that if youve already broke your resolution... start again. From scratch. Walk all the way back to the bridge you crossed, and throw the stone before you continue on with whatever else youre doing. This goes for a lot of different things in life. For me right now its about doing personal creative projects to improve my skills in my industry, for most on this subreddit it would be figuring out how to stick to a budget or pay off debt, for many its exercise or reading or keeping up with a hobby. Another good one is the Everyday Learn Something behavior, where you take at least an hour to four hours out of every day to focus on learning something new or a new skill. What Im doing this year is, I took that quote about How you spend your days is how you spend your life and everyday at the end of the day I write, I spend my life ___ and in a single sentence write down what my day ended up being. So for instance todays is going to be I spend my life outlining grant proposal formats and finishing my short film budget. Yesterdays was I spend my life procrastinating and attending dinner parties. Keeping these things in mind helps me keep in mind how well Im utilizing my own time. So if today, right now, as youre reading this youre remembering something you planned to do today but didnt... stop reading and go do it. If you already broke your New Years Resolution, then start again and set the year final date to January 15, 2016. If you break the resolution again set it for a year subsequent again. Every day re-resolve anew until youre so used to throwing that stone over the bridge that you do it without having to motivate yourself. Thus you are in the habit of doing, instead of thinking about doing. 