Understand your “why”

Reasons you might be here:

Before you set out to learn anything, make sure you are familiar with why you want to learn this new thing. This applies to everything in life. The first step is building the right mindset.

Why do you want to learn to code? Why do you want a new job? You should have a vision of what you want your life to look like.

If learning to code is a part of getting you to that vision then you will learn how to code. If getting a new job is part of getting you to that vision then you will get that new job. Maybe coding will be a way to obtain financial freedom. Maybe you have an idea that could make a positive impact on your life, or a loved one’s life, and you want to be able to turn that idea into reality exactly the way you want it to be.

What is important to you? Maybe your health? Relationships in your life? Financial stability? Take a moment and think about what is important to you, and what you feel called to do. What are your dreams?

Being able to visualize these things, even if you can’t fully articulate them, is a step closer in achieving the goal that you set out to achieve by reading this book.

Road Trip Analogy:

Let’s say my goal is to drive from my home in Columbus, Ohio, to Seattle, Washington. Here’s a map of what that journey could look like.

A journey like that might take about 6 days if I drove around 6 hours each day.

Now let’s zoom in on that stretch near Minneapolis.