"Eliminate unnecessary variables to improve any skill Professional disc golfer Jeremy Koling, known as Big Germ, explains why beginners plateau: they introduce excess movement that cancels out the force they're trying to generate. He observes, "anytime you have all these moving parts, you want to eliminate the unnecessary — anything that can just add extra steps that doesn't actually serve you," and explicitly ties this to wanting to "keep things as simple as possible." Whether learning a sport, a musical instrument, or a work process, auditing your technique for unnecessary complexity is the clearest path to measurable improvement. Source: Jeremy Koling, Smarter Every Day, Why Does a Disc Golf Disc Curve?"