Make Forward Progress Every Day
We try to make our video lessons “bite-sized” so you can easily fit them in with your day. Another tip for keeping motivation high and to maximize your results is to focus on making forward progress every single day.
00:00 Another important thing is making forward progress every single day. Our video lessons are bite-sized. They’re usually below five minutes in length, and that is intentional.
00:11 You can watch a lesson and fit it in with your day, every single day. There’s rarely going to be a day where you don’t have a couple of minutes to make progress on a course that you’re watching.
00:22 The same thing is true with our tutorials: you can read them section by section, you don’t have to read the whole thing. They’re so long it would almost be impossible to digest the whole thing in one sitting.
00:32 So, you want to come back to things and take them one bite at a time. This is really a great way to stay motivated and by making forward progress every day, you’re never really taking a step back.
00:44 Sometimes, sure, things can seem confusing, but if you keep at it, and if you keep approaching the topic from different angles, you will keep making forward progress. In the longterm, that’s a winning strategy.
00:57 All of our content is very intentionally created to support that kind of learning and to support that kind of sense of progress, so please use it to your advantage.
Dan Bader RP Team on Nov. 24, 2019
@Farshad: Sorry to hear that! Any chance you’re using an adblocker or some kind of privacy browser extension that might be interfering with the site? We’ve got some more troubleshooting info here in our support base: How to troubleshoot video playback issues if none of these tips work please send me an email at info@realpython.com so we can get to the bottom of it :)
Wilrog on Feb. 13, 2020
Hi Dan and Farshad,
Was Farshad’s playback issue ever resolved?
I am about to upgrade to MacOs Catalina, but won’t do it now if it means losing access to RealPython.
Tanks!
Dan Bader RP Team on Feb. 13, 2020
@Will: Yep, the videos work fine on macOS Catalina. I’m using it myself right now :)
Wilrog on Feb. 13, 2020
Thanks, Dan. BTW, I’ve been an occasional RealPython reader for a while. Great content! You and your team are doing a great job on this. I (finally) signed for full membership yesterday, and am happy I did. My worst problem so far is finishing one tutorial or article and immediately starting another that catches my attention. So, I guess if that is my worst problem, things are pretty good.
Dan Bader RP Team on Feb. 13, 2020
Cheers Will, and welcome aboard! That’s a good problem to have indeed :) See you soon on the RP Community Slack!
Deepak Nallajerla on Dec. 17, 2020
I like this idea “Make Forward Progress Every Day” I am going to promise myself to make little progress each day. I am part of real python family for last 1-2 months, however this is first time I am watching this video. This really has very cool tips on how to get most out of real python. I am positive that I did right thing joining Real Python family.
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fd on Nov. 24, 2019
I can’t play this (and other) video(s) in safari - macbook pro 2019 , macos catalina. Any suggestions? Thanks