soak yourself fully in that tool.
Just doing one hour a day and then whiling away your time on orkut and
facebook won't take you anywhere.
What you need is total immersion. Do an hour of your concentrated
practise. On the net join online communities for your chosen tool,
read blogs realted to your software. Participate in forums related to
your tool.
This external immersion, will allow you to get into the inner circles
of your chosen filed. It will open your mind to various possibilities.
This interactions will sow seeds of new ideas to try.
So apart from just consistenly practising your chosen tool for an
hour, take the plunge and immerse yourself in it.
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