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The ability to do something every day.Success is built on habits and discipline. By setting and following routines, you set yourself up for success. Behind every moment of dazzling greatness, there is years upon years of routine.I tell myself I’m going to the gym 5 days a week. I feel great after 4 days. But on the 5th day, I can’t bring myself to go.I tell myself I’ll read economics and market news everyday. After 4 days of not understanding what a mutual fund is, I lose motivation to read the 5th day.I tell myself I’ll wake up at 5:30 every day. After 4 days of jumping out of bed, I’ll beg for 10 more minutes on the next day.The ability to say no to all those distractions and stay on your path with laser focus is truly commendable.

When I first started learning JavaScript, I had your exact same thoughts on a daily basis. Seriously. I joined an expensive boot camp and ended up dropping out because I couldn't keep up. The people who were doing well had previous programming experience, so they could grasp the concepts more quickly, and I continually struggled and lagged behind. So what does this mean for you? It does not mean you are too unintelligent to learn to code. Instead, it means you are normal. Every new programmer, regardless of IQ, experiences what you're feeling on some level. The ones who tell you otherwise are lying. The frustration and difficult emotions you're struggling with are part of the process.I also want to stress that it takes time to learn how to solve problems with code. I also experienced disappointment when I discovered that programming wasn't something I could learn easily or quickly. Honestly, there is no substitute for putting in the time, which is what you're doing now.Now that you know this, the question is, how will you move forward? The way I see it, you have three options:Stick with JavaScript, but try a different learning platform. The courses that helped me the most were Colt Steele’s Web Developer Bootcamp[1] and Anthony Alicea’s JavaScript: Understanding the Weird Parts. I also highly recommend Tony de Araujo’s books, which are available on Amazon. Start with the JavaScript basics in his series. de Araujo’s books will get you started with basic challenges, and the repetition he employs will help you with retention.Try another programming language and then return to JavaScript. This worked for me. JS is continually in flux, and even experienced engineers have a hard time keeping up. I switched up and started learning PHP. I had many small successes with that language. I gradually built on them and then went back to JavaScript and was able to move through Treehouse and Code School challenges more easily compared to previous attempts. The ability to complete challenges I previously found impossible was a good benchmark for progress. If you'd like to try another language, consider PHP and then revisit JavaScript.Take a break and return to JavaScript when you're feeling better. One technique I've used is taking my frustrations out by beating an old pillow and shouting. Obviously, this is something that you should not do in the presence of other people, but I mention it because it's surprisingly effective! It allows you to release pent up frustration and get back to work. Another technique is angry journaling. You start out writing your angry thoughts and really let JavaScript have it. Once you've done that, move on and try to find something humorous. I once threatened JavaScript that I would hide all of it's semicolons and bring the internet to a screeching halt. An empty threat to be sure, but the point is, if you can uplevel your mood from frustration to humor, you will be in a better state of mind when you tackle your next coding challenge. It could make the difference between quitting and giving yourself the ability to code another day.Try these suggestions out and see what works. And remember, you are normal! What you're experiencing is normal. I cannot stress that enough. I know it is disheartening when you see others pick up concepts more quickly. Just say to yourself that they're further along in their journey of learning how to code, and take comfort in knowing that you'll get there eventually. Good luck!Footnotes[1] Best Online JavaScript Course | You Can Learn How to Code

90% of the people don’t save. Therefore 90% of the people are poor.Most people spend money to buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have.Saving is the habit of the rich. Spending is the habit of the poor.In order to switch from poverty to riches, one only needs to switch their poverty mindset with a rich one.Financial independence is simply a state of mind that attracts better money management habits.Financial independence is the ability to live for the rest of your mortal life without having to work for money.The poor work for money. The rich work for pleasure.Never work for money. Have money work for you.Never build a business. Build a system.Show me a poor man that can manage money and I’ll show you a fish that lived on land.The poor and the rich none had an advantage over the other. Both were born in the same neighborhood, played the same games, ate the same food, traveled in the same bus to school, went to the same school.Money is an effect - not a cause. It only becomes a cause when you want to consume food and other things.Money is attracted by value. So does wealth.Money is important but not essential.Money doesn’t talk - it only attracts people who talk about it.Money (bank notes) is not made of paper. It’s cloth made of special cotton from the Himalayas.The wealthiest place on earth is not the gold mines of South Africa, the Oil wells of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or Iraq.The wealthiest place on earth is the graveyard, for the graveyard has swallowed dreams that were never realized, great men and women who never attained their potential.If you have a million dollars, that’s your money. Take your girlfriend, your wife or your spouse on a tour of the world; visit exotic places, see the world, enjoy life before you die. Life is short.If you have a billion dollars, that’s not your money. That’s money belonging to the community. The community has entrusted it to you because it doesn’t trust the government will manage it better than you.Don’t chase wealth. Instead, chase the knowledge and wisdom to manage and keep wealth. Then wealth will love you.Sacrifice to serve others - even for free. Then others will be indebted to you.The new landlord is the ordinary person with extraordinary money management skills.The new real estate is not built on land. It is built on the Internet. It sits on millions of interconnected computers, networks and software being driven by millions of people conducting every conceivable activity under the sun and beyond.In the new dispensation, information is not power. The ability to sell that information is the real POWER.In the new dispensation it’s not the oldest who becomes rich first, but the youngest.Whether you’re an individual, a business or a church, the internet is the place to be. Otherwise, watch your customers or your church members exit through the door.The price to pay to become rich is not as high as the price to wait until you die poor.The richest person in the world is not the man or woman with the most money, but the man or woman with the most LOVE.Bank notes, coins and bitcoins are old currency. People and audiences are the new currency.Wealth has wings and it has the habit to migrate like flamingos. It only feels comfortable where it’s well nourished, loved and shared generously.Wealth does not comprise of money alone. Wealth comprises of good health, people, love and happiness.I don’t believe much in myths, but there’s this Indian myth that keeps bothering my mind.An old Hindu legend states that when the gods were making the world, they said:"Where can we hide the most valuable of treasures so that they will not be lost? How can we hide them so that the lust and greed of men will not steal or destroy them?What can we do to be assured that these riches will be carried on from generation to generation for the benefit of all mankind?"So in their wisdom they selected a hiding place that was so obvious it wouldn't be seen. And there they placed the true riches of life, endowed with the magic power of perpetual self-replenishment.In this hiding place these treasures can be found by every living person in every land who follows the “success system that never fails.”- “The Success System That Never Fails” by W. Clement Stone. p. 284This success system that never fails, is a set of 32 Bits of Wisdom drawn from William Clement Stone’s age-old classic, “The Success System That Never Fails”.The place where the treasurers were hidden from greedy men and women was in books. The store where the wisdom of books was kept is the human brain.Thank you..If you enjoyed reading this answer, then you’re probably a rich man or woman. Find my latest answers on similar topics at my Quora profile.