Get Feedback Before the Habit Hardens

In the early stages of learning, your technique is still malleable. Your form isn't set, your approach isn't automatic, and corrections are relatively easy to absorb. This is the window for feedback — and most people miss it. They wait until they feel "ready" to be evaluated, by which point their mistakes have become habits.

Once a wrong approach becomes automatic, unlearning it takes five times longer than learning it right the first time. Seek feedback early, when it's still cheap to change course. A few corrections in week one can save months of struggle later. Ego tells you to wait; effectiveness says start now.